Total skin electron irradiation treatment for mycosis fungoides with a new alternate daily treatment schedule to minimize radiation-associated toxicity: A preliminary experience

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Parida, D K ^a   Verma, K K ^a   Rath, G K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; DESQUAMATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTRON THERAPY; ERYTHEMA; FOLLOW UP; FOOT EDEMA; HAND EDEMA; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RADIATION DOSE; REMISSION; TOTAL SKIN ELECTRON IRRADIATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; DOSE FRACTIONATION; ELECTRONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66449084973     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.03128.x     Document Type: Article

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