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Photochemotherapy Alone or Combined with Interferon Alpha-2a in the Treatment of Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma

1990

Eighty-two patients with either mycosis fungoides (MF) or parapsoriasis en plaques were treated with psoralens ultraviolet A light (PUVA). Clinical and histologic parameters were followed for a period from 6 months to 10 years. Complete clinical clearing of lesions was observed in 51 patients (62%) and most of them were in limited-plaque MF group or parapsoriasis en plaque. The mean total dose of PUVA for complete clearing was less for early MF. Thirty-one patients (38%) relapsed and responded to additional PUVA. Patients in early stages of the disease remained clear for up to 68 months after the first course of PUVA. Post-treatment skin biopsies with early MF showed histologic clearing. A …

AdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtySkin NeoplasmsCombination therapyConstitutional symptomsDermatologyInterferon alpha-2BiochemistryMycosis FungoidesInterferonmedicineHumansSezary SyndromePUVA TherapyMolecular BiologyDepression (differential diagnoses)AgedNeoplasm StagingMycosis fungoidesParapsoriasisbusiness.industryCutaneous T-cell lymphomaInterferon-alphaCell BiologyMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseCombined Modality TherapyDermatologyRecombinant ProteinsLymphoma T-Cell CutaneousDrug EvaluationFemalebusinessProgressive diseasemedicine.drugJournal of Investigative Dermatology
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