Mycosis fungoides risk factors
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Cutaneous T cell lymphoma Microchapters |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1], Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sogand Goudarzi, MD [2]
Overview
- There are no established risk factors for cutaneous T cell lymphoma.The risk factors in the development of mycosis fungoides is environmental, occupational exposure to long term exposure to chemicals, virainfection.
Risk Factors
- There are no established risk factors for cutaneous T cell lymphoma.
- The risk factors in the development of mycosis fungoides is environmental and occupational exposure.[1][2][3]
- Other risk factors for cutaneous T cell lymphoma include :
- Bacterial infection of the skin
- Long term exposure to chemicals
- Smoking
- Medications
- Long term sun exposure
- Viral infections (Human T lymphotropic virus type I)
References
- ↑ A. S. Whittemore, E. A. Holly, I. M. Lee, E. A. Abel, R. M. Adams, B. J. Nickoloff, L. Bley, J. M. Peters & C. Gibney (1989). "Mycosis fungoides in relation to environmental exposures and immune response: a case-control study". Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 81 (20): 1560–1567. PMID 2795681. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Hall WW, Liu CR, Schneewind O, Takahashi H, Kaplan MH, Röupe G, Vahlne A (July 1991). "Deleted HTLV-I provirus in blood and cutaneous lesions of patients with mycosis fungoides". Science. 253 (5017): 317–20. PMID 1857968.
- ↑ S. K. Ghosh, J. T. Abrams, H. Terunuma, E. C. Vonderheid & E. DeFreitas (1994). "Human T-cell leukemia virus type I tax/rex DNA and RNA in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma". Blood. 84 (8): 2663–2671. PMID 7522638. Unknown parameter
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