Mycosis Fungoides, Tumor Stage, Improvement from Roentgen Therapy. Presented by Dr. Norman Asel, Dr. Paul Chivington and Dr. William Spiller (service of Dr. J. E. Rauschkolb).
DISCUSSION
Dr. E. W. Netherton: I should like to ask whether antimony tartrate has been tried by the members of the Society in treating cases of mycosis fungoides.
Dr. B. Levine: I tried antimony potassium tartrate (tartar emetic) and then stibanose® (the diethylaminoethanol salt of sodium antimony gluconate). At first there was response; then the condition became stationary, and finally, worse. I found roentgen irradiation to be more effective. The response from antimony potassium tartrate was better than that from stibanose,® but the former drug was more toxic.
Dr. E. B. Heisel: At Ohio State University we have available P32, or radioactive phosphorus. I have treated 1 patient with typical mycosis fungoides with doses of 4 millicuries of radioactive phosphorus; there has