Total skin electron irradiation in mycosis fungoides: Comparison between a modified Christie Hospital translational technique and the Stanford technique

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2093-2097

  Anacak, Y ^a   Arizan, Z ^a   Drumea, K ^a   Rosenblatt, E ^a   Tamir, A ^a   Chetver, L ^a   Stein, M ^a   Deroma, R Bar ^a   Kuten, A ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Christie Hospital technique; Mycosis fungoides; Stanford technique; TSEI

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; SKIN TOXICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON; INSTRUMENTATION; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTRONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 0036838677     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1042819021000016177     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Trump, J.G., Wright, K.A., Evans, W.W., et al. (1953) "High energy electrons for the treatment of extensive superficial malignant lesions", Am. J. Roentgenol. Radium Ther. Nucl. Med. 69, 623-629.
2. Chinn, D.M., Chow, S., Kim, Y.H. and Hoppe, R.T. (1999) "Total skin electron beam therapy with or without adjuvant topical nitrogen mustard or nitrogen mustard alone as initial treatment of T2 and T3 mycosis fungoides", Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 43(5), 951-958.
3. Becker, M., Hoppe, R.T. and Knox, S.J. (1995) "Multiple courses of high-dose total skin electron beam therapy in the management of mycosis fungoides", Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 32(5), 1445-1449.
4. Kirova, Y.M., Piedbois, Y., Haddad, E., Levy, E., Calitchi, E., Marinello, G. and Le Bourgeois, J.P. (1999) "Radiotherapy in the management of mycosis fungoides: indications, results, prognosis. Twenty years experience", Radiother. Oncol. 51(2), 147-151.
5. Jones, G.W., Tadros, A., Hodson, D.I., Rosenthal, D., Roberts, J. and Thorson, B. (1994) "Prognosis with newly diagnosed mycosis fungoides after total skin electron radiation of 30 or 35 Gy", Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 28(4), 839-845.
6. Jones, G.W., Rosenthal, D. and Wilson, L.D. (1999) "Total skin electron radiation for patients with erythrodermic cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (mycosis fungoides and the Sezary syndrome)", Cancer 85(9), 1985-1995.
7. Van Vloten, W.A., de Vroome, H. and Noordijk, E.M. (1985) "Total skin electron beam irradiation for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. (mycosis fungoides)", Br. J. Dermatol. 112(6), 697-702.
8. Lamberg, S.I., Green, S.B., Byar, D.P., Block, J.B., Clendenning, W.E., Epstein, Jr, E.H., et al. (1979) "Status report of 376 mycosis fungoides patients at 4 years: mycosis fungoides cooperative group", Cancer Treat. Rep. 63(4), 701-707.
9. Lo, T.C., Salzman, F.A., Moschella, S.L., Tolman, E.L. and Wright, K.A. (1979) "Whole body surface electron irradiation in the treatment of mycosis fungoides. An evaluation of 200 patients", Radiology 130(2), 453-457.
10. Micaily, B., Moser, C., Vonderheid, E.C., Koprowski, C., Lightfoot, D., Markoe, A. and Brady, L. (1990) "The radiation therapy of early stage cutaneous T-cell lymphoma", Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 18(6), 1333-1339.
11. Zackheim, H.S. (1999) "Cutaneous T cell lymphoma: update of treatment", Dermatology 199(2), 102-105.
12. Hallahan, D.E., Griem, M.L., Griem, S.F., Medenica, M., Soltani, K., Lorincz, A.L. and Baron, J.M. (1988) "Combined modality therapy for tumor stage mycosis fungoides: results of a 10-year follow-up", J. Clin. Oncol. 6(7), 1117-1183.
13. Desai, K.R., Pezner, R.D., Lipsett, J.A., Vora, N.L., Luk, K.H., Wong, J.Y., Chan, S.L., Findley, D.O., Hill, L.R., Marin, L.A., et al. (1988) "Total skin electron irradiation for mycosis fungoides: relationship between acute toxicities and measured dose at different anatomic sites", Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 15(3), 641-645.
14. Hoppe, R.T., Cox, R.S., Fuks, S., Price, N.M., Bagshaw, M.A. and Farber, E.M. (1979) "Electron-beam therapy for mycosis fongoides: the Stanford University experience", Cancer Treat. Rep. 63(4), 691-700.
15. Kaye, F.J., Bunn, Jr, P.A., Steinberg, S.M., Stocker, J.L., Ihde, D.C., Fischmann, A.B., et al. (1989) "A randomized trial comparing combination electron-beam radiation and chemotherapy with topical therapy in the initial treatment of mycosis fungoides", N. Engl J. Med 321(26), 1784-1790.
16. Quiros, P.A., Kacinski, B.M. and Wilson, L.D. (1996) "Extent of skin involvement as a prognostic indicator of disease free and overall survival of patients with T3 cutaneous T-cell lymphoma treated with total skin electron beam radiation therapy", Cancer 77(9), 1912-1917.
17. Freeman, C.R., Suissa, S., Shenouda, G., Vuong, T., Souhami, L., Pla, M., et al. (1992) "Clinical experience with a single field rotational total skin electron irradiation technique for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma", Radiother Oncol. 24(3), 155-162.
18. Tadros, A.A., Tepperman, B.S., Hryniuk, W.M., Peters, V.G., Rosenthal, D., Roberts, J.T. and Figueredo, A.T. (1983) "Total skin electron irradiation for mycosis fungoides: failure analysis and prognostic factors", Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 9(9), 1279-1287.
19. Nisce, L.Z., Chu, F.C., Lee, H.S., Filippa, D., Kempin, S. and Coleman, M. (1982) "Total skin electron beam therapy for cutaneous lymphomas and leukemias", Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 8(9), 1587-1592.
20. Hoppe, R.T., Fuks, Z. and Bagshaw, M.A. (1979) "Radiation therapy in the management of cutaneous T-cell lymphomas", Cancer Treat. Rep. 63(4), 625-632.
21. Williams, P.C., Hunter, R.D. and Jackson, S.M. (1979) "Whole body electron therapy in mycosis fungoides-a successful translational technique achieved by modification of an established linear accelerator", Br. J. Radiol. 52(616), 302-307.
22. Kuten, A., Stein, M., Mandelzweig, Y., Tatcher, M., Yaacov, G., Epelbaum, R. and Rosenblatt, E. (1991) "Total-skin electron irradiation for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma: the Northern Israel Oncology Centre experience", Strahlenther. Onkol. 167(7), 392-396.
23. Kuten, A., Rosenblatt, E., Dale, J., Leviov, M. and Tatcher, M. (1993) "Total skin electron irradiation: efficacy in early mycosis fungoides", Leuk. Lymphoma 10(4-5), 281-285.
24. Rosenblatt, E., Kuten, A., Leviov, M. and Cederbaum, M. (1998) "Total skin electron irradiation in mycosis fungoides dose and fractionation considerations", Leuk. Lymphoma 30(1-2), 143-151.
25. Kaplan, E.L. and Meier, P. (1958) "Nonparametric estimation from incomplete observations", J. Am. Stat. Assoc. 53, 457-481.
26. Fowler, J.F. (1989) "The linear-quadratic formula and progress in fractionated radiotherapy", Br. J. Radiol. 62, 679-694.
27. Bentzen, S.M., Thames, H.D. and Overgaard, M. (1989) "Latent-time estimation for late cutaneous and subcutaneous radiation reactions in a single follow-up clinical study", Radiother Oncol. 15, 267-274.