Shielding the skin: do African medicinal plants possess the ability to mitigate ionizing radiation-induced skin alterations?
Open Access
- 9 June 2026
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Radiation Biology
- Vol. 102 (9) , 1-11
Abstract
1. Radiotherapy plays an essential role in cancer therapy as it is used in at least two-thirds of all treatment regimens (Chen and Kuo 2017). Globally, approximately 50% of cancer patients receive ...Keywords
Funding Information
- National Research Foundation (JINR23031382195)
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