Extracorporeal photopheresis is an accepted method for the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma and much progress has recently been achieved in therapy and understanding of its mechanism. In general large numbers of white blood cells are collected by a cell separator and irradiated in the presence
The anti-tumor action of many chemotherapeutic agents has recently been attributed to the induction of apoptosis in the malignant cell population. In this study, we investigated the ability of extracorporeal photopheresis (ExP) and in vitro PUVA (8-methoxy-psoralen + ultraviolet A) therapy to induce
Cells of the mouse T-lymphoma line GRSL13 were treated with 8-methoxy-psoralen plus longwave ultraviolet light (PUVA) under conditions where the biological effects are mainly due to non-persistent DNA cross-links (PUVA-CL treatment). Fluctuation analysis showed that PUVA-CL treatment resulted in an
Extracorporeal photochemotherapy (ECP) is a treatment approved by the FDA for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, and it is currently used off-label for graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) and other conditions. In agreement with good practices for the therapeutic use of human cells, quality control has to be
This study was designed to estimate the relative cancer risk of patients with moderate to severe psoriasis, with reference to different treatments. A cohort of 5687 hospitalized patients with psoriasis obtained from the Finnish Hospital Discharge Register in 1973-84 was linked with the records of
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