A Scientific Approach to Understanding Cutaneous Lymphomas

Dr. Steven Rosen takes a scientific approach to help us understand cutaneous lymphomas.
Clinician:
Steven Rosen, MD, FACP
Oncologist & Hematologist
City of Hope National Medical Center
Timestamps
13:27 What do the different "cds" mean?
17:36 Can immunotherapies be effective if the patient has t-cell exhaustion?
19:00 Are there diets that have been explored to improve the immune system to kill the cancer?
20:50 Does city of hope do dna testing analysis and if not, how important is it in treatment to have
that kind of testing done?
27:20 Could your work shed light on the causes of cutaneous lymphoma?
29:47 Can you explain again how our inside organs are not the primary site to become cancerous although we have a blood cancer?
31:02 Why can't mycosis fungoides be diagnosed by blood tests alone?
31:43 Since this is a blood cancer, how do specific lotions or things that you apply to the skin really benefit the areas of the skin? Why do topical treatments work?
33:55 Can you provide more information about clinical trials, especially international trials?
38:14 Are there effective antioxidants for the skin? Anything that you could put on the skin that would help?
38:34 Some people unfortunately may have two different cancers. In the case of mf being probably the more indolent slow growing, how do you manage both one at a time? What kind of approach might you take?
41:42 Do topical steroids kill the cancer?
43:48 What is the overall prognosis for primary cutaneous marginal zone B-cell lymphomas? What is the potential percentage risk for B-cell to develop into other cancers and what is the most common type of extended cancer?
45:11 Is it okay to relax in a swimming pool or a hot tub?
46:05 Does having MF make you more likely to get or change your ability to fight other skin related viruses or diseases or skin cancers?
48:13 Have heard differing views on being more susceptible to melanoma when having cutaneous lymphoma. What's your thought?
48:47 What exactly does UVB therapy do to curtail the manifestation of MF in the skin?
49:53 What do you see as the exciting areas of current research?