Maintenance Phototherapy for the Treatment of Early-stage Mycosis Fungoides.

Soumaya Gara, Noureddine Litaiem, Takwa Bacha, Yosra Jmour, Faten Zeglaoui

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Article in The Journal of clinical and aesthetic dermatology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it

0cells of the map it votes in

2citing papers in PubMed

0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field

1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

The gut-skin axis: a bi-directional, microbiota-driven relationship with therapeutic potential.Gut microbes · 2025
Review
Expert opinions and clinical experiences with chlormethine gel as maintenance treatment for patients with mycosis fungoides.Frontiers in medicine · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Soumaya GaraAll authors are with the Department of Dermatology, Charles Nicolle Hospital in Tunis, Tunisia.

Noureddine LitaiemAll authors are with the Department of Dermatology, Charles Nicolle Hospital in Tunis, Tunisia.

Takwa BachaAll authors are with the Department of Dermatology, Charles Nicolle Hospital in Tunis, Tunisia.

Yosra JmourAll authors are with the Department of Dermatology, Charles Nicolle Hospital in Tunis, Tunisia.

Faten ZeglaouiAll authors are with the Department of Dermatology, Charles Nicolle Hospital in Tunis, Tunisia.

Hôpital Charles-Nicolle · TN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mycosis fungoides (MF) is the most common type of cutaneous T cell lymphoma. Phototherapy is a first-line treatment option of early stages MF. The present study aimed at assessing the efficacy of phototherapy in Tunisian patients with MF treated with phototherapy and evaluate the efficacy of maintenance phase.

Indexed as

maintenance phaseMycosis fungoidesNBUVB therapyPUVA therapy

Identifiers

PMID34976285

PMCPMC8711619

OpenAlexW4286915342

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