A Prospective, Open-Label Study of Low-Dose Total Skin Electron Beam Therapy in Mycosis Fungoides

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1204-1207

  Kamstrup, Maria R ^a   Specht, Lena ^b   Skovgaard, Gunhild L ^a   Gniadecki, Robert ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cutaneous lymphomas; Low dose total skin electron beam therapy; Mycosis fungoides; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; DISEASE CONTROL; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON GUNS; ELECTRON OPTICS; ELECTRONS; HEALTH; LABELING; LABELS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PIGMENTS; SKIN;

AFTER-TREATMENT; CLINICAL RESPONSES; COMPLETE TREATMENT; ELSEVIER (CO); LOW DOSE; PARTIAL RESPONSE (PR); SIDE EFFECTS; SKIN DOSE; TOTAL SKIN ELECTRON BEAM THERAPY; ULTRAVIOLET (UV);

SKIN EFFECT;

PSORALEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESQUAMATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON THERAPY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; XEROSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTRONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTERIA; DISEASES; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRON BEAMS; HEALTH; HISTOLOGY; PARTICLES;

EID: 45449118502     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.11.039     Document Type: Article

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