Herpes Zoster After Irradiation

Abstract

Since 1935 one of us (F. E.) has been of the opinion that clinically typical zoster occurring in patients who had received radiotherapy probably resulted from the treat- ment. The numerical incidence of zoster generally in the population is not known, so that statistically the point is difficult to prove; we believe, however, that there is pre- sumptive evidence of such correlation.