PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - PIOTROWSKI, TOMASZ
AU  - FUNDOWICZ, MAGDALENA
AU  - PAWLACZYK, MARIOLA
TI  - Total Skin Electron Beam Therapy with Rotary Dual Technique as Palliative Treatment for Mycosis Fungoides
DP  - 2018 May 01
TA  - In Vivo
PG  - 517--522
VI  - 32
IP  - 3
4099  - http://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/32/3/517.short
4100  - http://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/32/3/517.full
SO  - In Vivo2018 May 01; 32
AB  - Background/Aim: The aim of the study was to retrospectively assess the efficacy and toxicity of total skin electron beam therapy (TSEBT) in patients with primary cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (MF, mycosis fungoides) at various stages of development. Patients and Methods: Treatment results of 40 patients with MF stage IB-III, treated between 2001 and 2015, were reviewed. Median total dose was 32 Gy, delivered to the entire skin surface. Median follow-up was 60 months. Results: Clinical complete response was documented in 29 and partial response in 11 patients. The clinical response significantly influenced overall survival (OS) (p=0.002) and progression-free survival (PFS) (p<0.001). Mean OS was 76 months. Mean PFS was 48.9 months and current one- and two-year PFS were 67.5% and 55%, respectively. A statistically significant correlation was found between partial and total remission time and stages of the lymphoma (p=0.015). Conclusion: TSEBT is an efficient and well-tolerated palliative treatment for symptomatic primary cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.