How do you manage dry eye syndrome due to lacrimal or meiobian gland dysfunction after external beam radiotherapy?
Are these toxicities expected to improve over time?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
I have also found autologous serum (AS) or platelet-rich plasma (PRP) eye drops/tears to be extremely useful (provided by an ophthalmologist). Dry eye can also be exacerbated by graft vs. host disease, which I have anecdotally seen worsened within radiation fields and is characterized by a lasting m...
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
Radiotherapy can cause a variety of deleterious effects on the eye and ophthalmic adnexa. Attempting to prevent these with careful radiotherapy planning and delivery is important.
Dry eye can begin to occur with acute radiotherapy-associated inflammation and can persist long after this as a l...
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