Efficacy of narrowband UVB vs. PUVA in patients with early-stage mycosis fungoides

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 716-721

  Ponte, P ^a   Serrao V ^a   Apetato, M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DOS CAPUCHOS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Disease free survival; Mycosis fungoides; Narrowband UVB therapy; Phototherapy; PUVA therapy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHOTREXATE; METHOXSALEN; PSORALEN; RETINOID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS T CELL LYMPHOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, CUTANEOUS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; NEOPLASM STAGING; PUVA THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 77952118650     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2009.03500.x     Document Type: Article

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