title: Photochemotherapy in mycosis fungoides. A study of 73 patients.
abstract: Seventy-three patients with mycosis fungoides were treated with photochemotherapy and followed up for 2 to 39 months. Photochemotherapy produced clinical and histological clearing in a very high proportion of patients with stage 0 to II disease. The response in patients with tumours was less satisfactory, and a high proportion of these patients required local radiotherapy to resistant lesions. Maintenance treatment with photochemotherapy may keep many patients with stage 0 to II disease in remission for up to 3 years, but patients with advanced disease may relapse despite maintenance treatment. Patients with all stages of mycosis fungoides may relapse when maintenance treatment is withdrawn.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D011564:Furocoumarins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009182:Mycosis Fungoides / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D011564:Furocoumarins