About This Booklet
There aremany treatment options, both old andnew, for cutaneous lymphomas.
This booklet provides an overview of the treatment choices available that you
candiscusswith your healthcare provider todecidewhich treatment options
may suit you best.The information in this booklet provides an overview of
cutaneous lymphoma, aswell as detailed sections on cutaneousT-cell lymphoma
and cutaneousB-cell lymphoma.
This booklet is structured as follows:
SECTION1: UNDERSTANDING TYPESOF TREATMENT............................1
Treatment Decision..............................................................................................1
Local/Skin-Directed Therapies...............................................................2
Systemic Therapies..................................................................................2
SECTION 2: CUTANEOUS T-CELL LYMPHOMAS......................................5
Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma Subtypes............................................................5
DiseaseClassification/Staging...........................................................................6
TreatmentOptions...............................................................................................7
Skin-Directed Therapies..........................................................................
8
Systemic Therapies................................................................................
12
StemCell Transplantation....................................................................
16
SECTION3: CUTANEOUS B-CELL LYMPHOMAS...................................19
Classification......................................................................................................19
TreatmentOptions.............................................................................................20
WatchandWait....................................................................................
21
Surgical Excision....................................................................................
22
Radiation Therapy.................................................................................
22
Intralesional Therapy.............................................................................
22
Chemotherapy......................................................................................
23
Biologic Therapies.................................................................................
23
Radioimmunotherapy..........................................................................
24
Antibiotics...............................................................................................
24
SECTION4: CLINICAL TRIALS................................................................27
SECTION 5: How toGet InvolvedandGive Back......................31
REFERENCES..........................................................................................33
Additional information on cutaneous lymphoma and treatment options,
includingmore detailed information onparticular drug treatments, is available
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