Frequent low doses of intravenous mechlorethamine for late-stage mycosis fungoides lymphoma

Cancer. 1975 Nov;36(5):1613-8. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(197511)36:5<1613::aid-cncr2820360513>3.0.co;2-0.

Abstract

Ninety-two courses of daily low-dose intravenous nitrogen mustard were administered to 46 patients with advanced cutaneous lymphomas (mycosis fungoides, Sezary syndrome and lymphoma cutis). Seventy-eight % of patients showed objective clinical remission, and 35% reached a clinically disease-free state following 1 or more courses. The response rate was greater in patients with the plaque-tumor type of mycosis fungoides than in those with erythrodermic variants. Therapy was free of significant side effects.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mechlorethamine / administration & dosage*
  • Mechlorethamine / therapeutic use
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycosis Fungoides / drug therapy*
  • Remission, Spontaneous
  • Skin Neoplasms / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Mechlorethamine