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Skin lesions in cancer patients may be caused by many reasons (Table 1). They may vary dramatically in clinical presentation and their classification is often difficult (Chren et al. 1993). A major cause is chemotherapeutic agents, the side effects of which can be divided into toxic reactions, allergies, and pseudoallergies. It is also possible to assign various other skin reactions to certain chemotherapeutic agents.
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Landthaler, M. (1995). Skin Toxicity. In: Dunst, J., Sauer, R. (eds) Late Sequelae in Oncology. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46794-3_18
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