Mycosis fungoides: retrospect, current understanding, and prospect.

After a brief historical view of mycosis fungoides from Alibert's time to the present, the authors go on to detail the average biologic course of mycosis fungoides, give a protocol for investigating patients with disease as extensively as modern means permit, review past and present staging schemes, and finally, review treatment as practiced today and speculate upon what may yet be practiced to the better in the future.