2016_Head & Neck COURSE BOOK

Radiation dermatitis: grading

NCI-CTC/RTOG G d 1 F i t ra e

th a n ery ema or ry esquama on d d ti

Grade 2 Moderate to brisk erythema; patchy moist desquamation, mostly confined to skin folds and creases; moderate oedema

Grade 3 Moist desquamation other than skin folds and creases; bleeding induced by minor trauma or abrasion

Grade 4 Skin necrosis or ulceration of full thickness dermis; spontaneous bleeding from involved site

Grade 5 Death