Total skin electron beam radiotherapy for patients who have mycosis fungoides.
It has taken four decades of basic and clinical research to bring about a consensus process and published report that recognize a TSEB radiotherapy technique that is optimized from several perspectives (see references [2-4, 13]). Short and long-term clinical results with consensus TSEB radiotherapy technique are good. The therapeutic ratio of TSEB radiotherapy is well-defined and is clinically acceptable. Meanwhile, adjuvant PUVA and ECP may significantly improve results, but further data are needed to confirm these preliminary findings (see references [23, 34, 39, 40, 42]).
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McMaster University, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5, Canada. glenn.jones@hrcc.on.ca
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004583:Electrons / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009182:Mycosis Fungoides / Q000523:psychology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000628:therapy; D011701:PUVA Therapy; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D012867:Skin / Q000528:radiation effects; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000628:therapy; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014916:Whole-Body Irradiation / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology