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Photodynamic therapy may be useful in debulking cutaneous lymphoma prior to radiotherapy
N Umegaki1, R Moritsugu, S Katoh
1Department of Dermatology, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki 036-8562, Japan.
Clinical and Experimental Dermatology
|January 16, 2004
Abstract:
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) with topical 5-aminolaevulinic acid (5-ALA) is a promising new treatment for superficial malignant nonmelanoma tumours, including cutaneous malignant lymphoma. Here, we report a case of cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma effectively treated by PDT with topical 5-ALA in combination with radiotherapy.
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