Relationship between radiosensitivity and normal tissue complications in Saudi cancer patients treated with radiotherapy.

Purpose: To assess the variations in radiosensitivity, its relationship with clinical complications and the potential application of predictive testing in Saudi radiotherapy patients.

Materials And Methods: Forty-one patients included in this study, during (17) or after (24) their radiation treatment for head and neck (26), breast (9), gynecological (3) or other (3) cancer. Skin fibroblasts were established and radiosensitivity was measured.