"Sarcoma, Kaposi" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A multicentric, malignant neoplastic vascular proliferation characterized by the development of bluish-red cutaneous nodules, usually on the lower extremities, most often on the toes or feet, and slowly increasing in size and number and spreading to more proximal areas. The tumors have endothelium-lined channels and vascular spaces admixed with variably sized aggregates of spindle-shaped cells, and often remain confined to the skin and subcutaneous tissue, but widespread visceral involvement may occur. Kaposi's sarcoma occurs spontaneously in Jewish and Italian males in Europe and the United States. An aggressive variant in young children is endemic in some areas of Africa. A third form occurs in about 0.04% of kidney transplant patients. There is also a high incidence in AIDS patients. (From Dorland, 27th ed & Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 3d ed, pp2105-7) HHV-8 is the suspected cause.
| Descriptor ID |
D012514
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.256.466.860 C04.557.450.795.850 C04.557.645.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Sarcoma, Kaposi- Sarcoma, Kaposi
- Kaposi's Sarcoma
- Kaposis Sarcoma
- Sarcoma, Kaposi's
- Multiple Idiopathic Pigmented Hemangiosarcoma
- Kaposi Sarcoma
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sarcoma, Kaposi" by people in Profiles.
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Timing of Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation and Risk of Cancer Among Persons Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 06 01; 72(11):1900-1909.
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Association of CD4+ T-cell Count, HIV-1 RNA Viral Load, and Antiretroviral Therapy With Kaposi Sarcoma Risk Among HIV-infected Persons in the United States and Canada. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2017 08 01; 75(4):382-390.
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Cumulative Incidence of Cancer Among Persons With HIV in North America: A Cohort Study. Ann Intern Med. 2015 Oct 06; 163(7):507-18.
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Recreational drug use and risk of Kaposi's sarcoma in HIV- and HHV-8-coinfected homosexual men. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2009 Feb; 25(2):149-56.
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Risk of cancers during interrupted antiretroviral therapy in the SMART study. AIDS. 2007 Sep 12; 21(14):1957-63.
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HIV serodiscordant sex partners and the prevalence of human herpesvirus 8 infection among HIV negative men who have sex with men: baseline data from the EXPLORE Study. Sex Transm Infect. 2006 Jun; 82(3):229-35.
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Assessment of a combined testing strategy for detection of antibodies to human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) in persons with Kaposi's sarcoma, persons with asymptomatic HHV-8 infection, and persons at low risk for HHV-8 infection. J Clin Microbiol. 2002 Oct; 40(10):3822-5.
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Prolonged administration of low-dose interleukin-2 in human immunodeficiency virus-associated malignancy results in selective expansion of innate immune effectors without significant clinical toxicity. Blood. 1995 Nov 01; 86(9):3287-94.
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A survival analysis of hospitalization among patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Am J Public Health. 1989 Dec; 79(12):1643-7.
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Re: "Temporal trends in the incidence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and selected malignancies in a population with a high incidence of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)". Am J Epidemiol. 1989 Nov; 130(5):1069-71.