© 2003 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 95, No. 5, 410,
March 5, 2003
© 2003 Oxford University Press
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Re: Folliculitis Associated With Weekly Paclitaxel Treatment
Affiliations of authors: C. Belda-Iniesta, E. Casado, B. Castelo, M. González Barón (Medical Oncology División), M. Corral de la Calle (Dermatology División), Hospital Universitario La Paz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Correspondence to: Manuel Gonzalez-Baron, M.D., Ph.D., Servicio de Oncología Médica, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Paseo de la Castellana 261, 28046 Madrid, Spain (e-mail: mgonzalezb.hulp@salud.madrid.org).
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Chemotherapy can cause different cutaneous toxicities usually masked by the underlying life-threatening malignancy or treatment-associated complications. Here we describe the first two known cases of paclitaxel-related folliculitis. The first case occurred in a 55-year-old white male with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)/cisplatin refractory disseminated epidermoid esophageal cancer, who received weekly paclitaxel (150 mg/m2 on days 1,