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To evaluate the effectiveness of concomitant treatment with a cleanser (slight acidic washing) and a slightly acidic emollient (both pH 5.5) in improving symptoms of xerosis in patients receiving chemotherapy.
This study was conducted at Friedrich-Schiller University in Jena, Germany, and at Istituto Dermatologico San Gallicano in Rome, Italy.
This was a controlled, monocentric, three-week treatment trial.
Concomitant treatment with a cleanser (slight acidic washing) and a slightly acidic emollient (both pH 5.5) was effective in improving symptoms of xerosis in patients receiving chemotherapy.