Gender disparities in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.

Unlabelled: Patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) often experience debilitating symptoms that impair health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Existing evidence for HRQoL differences with respect to gender is conflicting.

Objective: To investigate potential gender differences in HRQoL for patients with CTCL.

Characterizing Outcomes in Visceral Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma: A Single Center Retrospective Study.

Introduction: Visceral involvement of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (vCTCL) is a rare but poorly studied complication of CTCL. We aimed to assess clinical characteristics, treatment, and outcomes, associated with vCTCL at our institution.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of patients with vCTCL among patients with a confirmed histopathologic diagnosis of CTCL seen at the Winship Cancer Institute in Emory University.

Staging lymph nodes and blood at diagnosis in mycosis fungoides identifies patients at increased risk of progression to advanced stage: A retrospective cohort study.

Background: Risk factors for progression to advanced-stage mycosis fungoides (MF) are poorly defined.

Methods: The authors performed a single-center, retrospective cohort study among patients with MF at an academic medical center from 1990 to 2020 to identify clinical variables associated with progression to advanced-stage MF (stage IIB-IVB), and 388 patients who had a clinicopathologic diagnosis of early stage (IA-IIA) MF were identified from their cutaneous lymphoma database. Baseline clinical characteristics, laboratory values, imaging, and blood flow cytometry or T-cell receptor gene rearrangement (TCR) data were collected.

Mechlorethamine Hydrochloride Gel in the Treatment of Mycosis Fungoides-Type Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma (MF-CTCL): A Focus on Patient Selection and Special Considerations.

Mycosis fungoides (MF) is the most common type of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) and often has an indolent course, particularly for patients presenting with early-stage (patch/plaque) disease. Early-stage MF is primarily managed with skin-directed therapies. Topical mechlorethamine hydrochloride (nitrogen mustard [NM]) gel has increased tolerability compared to prior NM formulations, though contact dermatitis remains a common side effect.

Clinical Presentation and Outcome Differences Between Black Patients and Patients of Other Races and Ethnicities With Mycosis Fungoides and Sézary Syndrome.

Importance: Mycosis fungoides and Sézary syndrome (MF/SS) has an increased incidence in Black patients, but clinical characteristics, treatments, and outcomes have been poorly characterized.

Objective: To assess racial differences in presentation and outcome and identify drivers for racial disparities in MF/SS.

Design, Setting, And Participants: A retrospective cohort analysis was conducted of 566 patients with MF/SS diagnosed from 1990 to 2020 and seen at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University and Grady Memorial Hospital, both in Atlanta, Georgia.