# OnCo record idea-pu-washing-and-deodorant-during-radiotherapy (idea). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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<https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-pu-washing-and-deodorant-during-radiotherapy/>
  a schema:CreativeWork ;
  onco:kind "idea" ;
  schema:identifier "idea-pu-washing-and-deodorant-during-radiotherapy" ;
  schema:name "Tell people having radiotherapy that they can wash the treated skin and use deodorant"@en ;
  schema:description "Old advice told people not to wash the treated area or use deodorant during radiotherapy. Pooled randomised trials found that washing, with or without soap, reduced severe skin reactions, and that deodorant made no difference to them, so neither ban is supported."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-pu-washing-and-deodorant-during-radiotherapy/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-10-20"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-023-07720-8>, <https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-023-07657-y> ;
  onco:tag "protocol-upgrade", "upgrade:proven-unevenly-used", "evidence:moderate", "breast" ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-pu-five-fraction-breast-default/> ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-cancer/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/head-and-neck/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/radiation/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/radiation-dermatitis/> ;
  onco:bottlenecks <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-toxicity-qol/>, <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-knowledge-diffusion/> .