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. 2023 Feb 18;11(4):614. doi: 10.3390/healthcare11040614

Table 3.

Treatment, according to the stage of the disease.

Stage I
Stage II
  • UVB-Narrow Band (mainly T1a and T2a)

  • PUVA (thicker plaques)

  • Topical corticosteroids

  • ECP

  • Topical chemotherapy: mechlorethamine, gel (Valchlor), gel (Ledaga®)

  • Systemic chemotherapy with one or more drugs: retinoids, INF-alpha, low-dose methotrexate, TSEB

  • Other drug therapy (lenalidomide, histone deacetylase inhibitors)

  • Targeted therapy: brentuximab vedotin, mogamulizumab

Stage III
Stage IV
  • UVB-Narrow Band

  • PUVA (thicker plaques)

  • Topical chemotherapy: mechlorethamine, gel (Valchlor), gel (Ledaga®)

  • ECP ± RI total skin electron beam radiation therapy

  • RT total skin electron beam radiation therapy.

  • Systemic chemotherapy with one or more drugs: retinoids, INF-alpha, low-dose methotrexate, TSEB

  • Other drug therapy (lenalidomide, bexarotene, histone deacetylase inhibitors, pembrolizumab)

  • Targeted therapy: brentuximab vedotin, mogamulizumab

  • High-dose chemotherapy, and sometimes RT, with stem cell transplant.

Psoralen and ultraviolet A (PUVA), extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP), radiation therapy (RT), inteferona (INF), total-skin electron beam therapy (TSEBT).