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Mycosis fungoides

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Assignment # 3

 * Note: You will be emailing your assignment # 3 directly to your tutor, however, please paste a version here that excludes your personal information. This will allow us to support your efforts on Wikipedia prior to editing "live" in the article.

Instructions:

1) Proposed Changes: The first sentence of the Signs and Symptoms section will be changed to: “The symptoms of mycosis fungoides are categorized into three clinical stages: the patch stage, the plaque stage, and the tumour stage.”

I will then add a sentence that states: “The patch stage is defined by flat, reddish patches of varying sizes that may have a wrinkled appearance. They can also look yellowish in people with darker skin.”

I will also replace the sentence “These lesions prefer the buttock region” with the sentence “Lesions often initially develop on the trunk of the body in places that are rarely exposed to the sun, such as the buttocks.”

2) I am changing the first sentence (“Typical visible symptoms include rash-like patches, tumours, or lesions”) because the use of the word lesions is redundant and unclear, as patches and tumours are both lesions. This statement also fails to account for the symptoms that appear in each stage of the disease. I am adding a sentence on the appearance of the patches with detail about the presentation on darker-skinned individuals, because it is an important clinical detail that might inform readers who may have the disease. I am also changing the sentence about the lesions preferring the buttock region, because I do not think it is scientifically accurate or detailed. The initial patches that present can be found on the buttocks, but they are also often found on the trunk of the body in general.

3) There is no controversy about my planned changes.

4) Critique of Source: There is a possibility of bias in my source because it is a narrative review rather than a systematic review or meta-analysis. It is therefore subject to the bias of the authors, as they do not justify the articles they chose to include in their review and can emphasize certain pieces of evidence of varying quality. This could be selection bias for the literature that is reviewed by the authors.

5) We propose that the first sentence of the Signs and Symptoms section be changed to: "The symptoms of mycosis fungoides are categorized into three clinical stages: the patch stage, the plaque stage, and the tumour stage.” Since patches and tumours are both lesions, it would be clearer to define the clinical stages outright.

We propose adding a statement “The patch stage is defined by flat, reddish patches of varying sizes that may have a wrinkled appearance. They can also look yellowish in people with darker skin.”

We propose replacing the sentence “These lesions prefer the buttock region” with the sentence “Lesions often first develop on the trunk of the body, in places that are rarely exposed to the sun, such as the buttocks.” The initial patches that present can be found on the buttocks, but they are also often found on the trunk of the body in general.

Here reference for each of these stages.

Harvey, N.T., Spagnolo, D.V. & Wood, B.A. ‘Could it be mycosis fungoides?’: an approach to diagnosing patch stage mycosis fungoides. J Hematopathol 8, 209–223 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12308-015-0247-2

What to post on the Wikipedia article talk page?

 * This will also be covered on Nov 23rd in class. Your group should use the below template to share an outline of your proposed improvements (including your new wording and citations). Article talk pages are not places to share your assignment answers. The Wikipedia community will be more interested in viewing your exact article improvement suggestions including where you plan to improve the article (which section), what wording you suggest, and the exact citation (Note: all citations must meet WP:MEDRS)
 * You will not be able to paste citations directly from your sandbox to talk pages (unless you are interested in editing/learning Wiki-code in the "source editing" mode). We suggest re-adding your citations on the talk page manually (using the cite button and populating the citation by pasting in the DOI, website, or PMID). You will have to repeat this process yet again when you edit the actual article live.
 * Talk Page Template: CARL Medical Editing Initiative/Fall 2020/Talk Page Template