Treatment Options for Cutaneous Lymphoma
The Lymphoma Program provide state-of-the-art treatments including topical and systemic chemotherapy, biological therapies, light therapy, and total skin electron beam therapy.Treatment for cutaneous lymphoma may include:
- Chemotherapy - treatment with drugs to destroy cancer cells.
- Other drug therapies (retinoids, targeted drugs, HDAC-inhibitor, folate pathway inhibitors)
- Radiation therapy - uses a radiation machine that emits x-rays to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors.
- Photodynamic therapy - uses a certain type of light and a special chemical to kill cancer cells.
- Extracorporeal photopheresis
Clinical trials are currently being conducted using biological therapy, also called biological response modifier therapy, or immunotherapy. Biological therapy tries to get your own body to fight cancer by using materials made by your own body, or made in a laboratory, to boost, direct, or restore your body's natural defenses against disease.
Trial Administration