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Medical AI Inquiry: You was designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.  Labels: BACKGROUND, OBJECTIVE, METHODS, RESULTS. Meshes: Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Biopsy, Chi-Square Distribution, Child, Clone Cells, Female, Gene Rearrangement, gamma-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Mycosis Fungoides, Phenotype, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Prognosis, Skin Neoplasms, T-Lymphocytes.
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Is the prognosis of early mycosis fungoides influenced by phenotype and T-cell clonality? Context: The influence of phenotype and detection of clonality on prognosis in early mycosis fungoides has never been addressed in large studies. To correlate immunophenotype and detection of clonality with clinical outcome. We analysed 73 biopsy specimens from 68 patients with early mycosis fungoides (stage Ia or Ib) and at least 10 years of follow up (or dead of disease). Four phenotypic groups could be identified: group A (alpha/beta+ CD4+ CD8- TIA1-), 51 patients; median survival time 160 months; group B (alpha/beta+ CD4- CD8+ TIA1+), 10 patients; median survival time 195 months; group C (alpha/beta- CD4- CD8+/- TIA1+), five patients; median survival time 165 months; and group D (alpha/beta+ CD4- CD8- TIA1-), two patients; median survival time 130 months. Survival curves did not show statistical differences among the groups. Monoclonality was detected in 36 of 67 tested biopsies (54%), and statistical analyses did not show prognostic differences between the clonal and nonclonal cases.
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We conclude that cytotoxic phenotype and detection of monoclonal T-cell receptor-gamma gene rearrangement in early lesions of mycosis fungoides do not have any prognostic significance. Final Decision: no