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How Effective Is ART for AIDS-Related Kaposi Sarcoma?
- July 20, 2009
- Joan Goldberg, MD
- HIV/AIDS
In a British cohort study, HIV-infected patients with Kaposi sarcoma had an excellent survival rate, and most were treated effectively with antiretroviral therapy alone.- Reviewing:
- Bower M et al., AIDS 2009 Jun 20;:
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Current Approaches to Treating Kaposi Sarcoma
- June 13, 2011
- Brian R. Wood, MD, and Paul E. Sax, MD
- HIV/AIDS
Here we present two case vignettes highlighting the clinical problem of Kaposi sarcoma. We then provide a primer on current treatment approaches. -
An Unusual Cluster of HIV-Associated Kaposi Sarcoma? Free
- October 29, 2007
- Joan Goldberg, MD
- HIV/AIDS
A recent report from San Francisco described nine patients with long-standing HIV infection who developed KS despite good immune function.- Reviewing:
- Maurer T et al., N Engl J Med 2007 Sep 27; 357:1352.
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Anal Cancer Rates Are Slowly Climbing
- February 1, 2006
- Abigail Zuger, MD
- HIV/AIDS
Population-based rates of anal cancer are rising, and effective antiretrovirals have made little difference.- Reviewing:
- Chiao EY et al., J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2005 Dec 1; 40:451-5.
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Overall Survival in People with Cancer and AIDS
- July 13, 2005
- G. Sonia Nagy, MD
- HIV/AIDS
Overall survival in people with both AIDS and cancer has improved in the era of potent combination antiretroviral therapy.- Reviewing:
- Biggar RJ et al., J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2005 Jul 1; 39:293-9.
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Herpesvirus: An Infectious Etiology for Kaposi's Sarcoma?
- March 1, 1995
- Judith Currier, MD, and Nancy Fliesler
- HIV/AIDS
The epidemiology of AIDS-associated Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) suggests that an infectious etiology or cofactor is responsible for the tumor, but many attempts to identify one . . .- Reviewing:
- Chang Y, et al., Science 1994 Dec; 266:
1865 1869 . Cohen J., Science 1994; 266:1803 1804 .
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Kaposi's Sarcoma and Pneumocystis Pneumonia Among Homosexual Men -- New York City and California
- June 1, 2001
- CDC
- HIV/AIDS
During the past 30 months, Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), an uncommonly reported malignancy in the United States, has been diagnosed in 26 homosexual men (20 in . . . -
Occult Gastrointestinal Kaposi's Sarcoma in an HIV-Infected African Man
- July 1, 1998
- HIV/AIDS
Mr. C. is a 33-year-old man from Gambia who settled in New York City in 1988. Since then, he has returned to Gambia twice -- . . . -
A Role for Foscarnet in HIV?
- October 16, 2006
- Helmut Albrecht, MD
- HIV/AIDS
Results were promising with this pyrophosphate analogue, but the availability of newer drugs in other classes might obviate the need to use foscarnet as salvage therapy.- Reviewing:
- Canestri A et al., Antivir Ther 2006; 11:561-6.
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Risk of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
- September 1, 1999
- Paul E. Sax, MD
- HIV/AIDS
The incidence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma has not declined since the introduction of combination antiretroviral therapy.- Reviewing:
- Ledergerber B et al., BMJ 1999 July 3; 319:
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KS in Women
- November 1, 1996
- Paul E. Sax, MD
- HIV/AIDS
Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is the most common malignancy associated with HIV infection, but its incidence is strikingly different depending on risk behavior. The disease occurs . . .- Reviewing:
- Cooley TP, et al., AIDS 1996; 10:
1221 1225 .
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Kaposi's an STD?
- June 1, 1996
- Paul Sax, MD
- HIV/AIDS
Because Kaposi's sarcoma occurs 10 times more commonly in gay or bisexual men with HIV disease than in those with other risk behaviors, it had . . .- Reviewing:
- Monini P et al., N Engl J Med 1996 May 2; 334:
1168 1172 .
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Herpesvirus in KS: Support for a Causative Role
- November 1, 1995
- Judith Currier, MD, MSc, and Nancy Fliesler, MS
- HIV/AIDS
Recent work has pinpointed herpesvirus-like DNA sequences in patients with Kaposi's sarcoma (see ACC, Jun 95, p 50, and Mar 95, p 25), but . . .- Reviewing:
- Whitby D et al., Lancet 1995 Sep 23; 346:
799 802 .
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Pregnancy Hormones for KS?
- July 1, 1995
- Judith Currier, MD, MSc, and Nancy Fliesler, MS
- HIV/AIDS
Kaposi's sarcoma, including the HIV-related form, is more common in men than women. A provocative international study proposes both an explanation and a novel treatment: . . .- Reviewing:
- Lunardi-Iskandar Y et al., Nature 1995 May 4; 375:
64 68 .
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More on the KS-Associated Herpesvirus
- June 1, 1995
- Judith Currier, MD, and Nancy Fliesler
- HIV/AIDS
Herpesvirus-like DNA sequences were recently reported in AIDS patients with Kaposi's sarcoma (see ACC Mar '95, p. 25). In two new papers, the same research . . .- Reviewing:
- Moore PS, Chang Y., N Engl J Med 1995 May 4; 332:
1181 1185 . Cesarman E et al., N Engl J Med 1995 May 4; 332:1186 1191 .
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Renal Transplantation Generally Successful in HIV-Infected Patients
- November 22, 2010
- Abigail Zuger, MD
- HIV/AIDS
HIV-infected patients had more episodes of graft rejection than other transplant recipients, but graft survival and patient survival rates were both in the usual range.- Reviewing:
- Stock PG et al., N Engl J Med 2010 Nov 18; 363:2004. Szczech LA., N Engl J Med 2010 Nov 18; 363:2058.
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More on HIV Infection and Cancer Risk
- January 15, 2010
- Carlos del Rio, MD
- HIV/AIDS
Untreated HIV infection and the presence of immunosuppression were each associated with the development of cancer among HIV-infected patients in a French cohort.- Reviewing:
- Bruyand M et al., Clin Infect Dis 2009 Oct 1; 49:1109.
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Mortality Risk Varies Widely Across AIDS-Defining Events
- April 6, 2009
- Keith Henry, MD
- HIV/AIDS
Mortality hazard ratios (comparing risk among patients with a given AIDS-defining event to risk among HIV-infected patients without any event) ranged from 1.1 for herpes simplex disease to 17.6 for non-Hodgkin lymphoma.- Reviewing:
- Antiretroviral Therapy Cohort Collaboration (ART-CC)., Clin Infect Dis 2009 Apr 15; 48:1138.
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Changing Trends in Cancer Incidence Among HIV-Infected Patients
- December 22, 2008
- Deepa Reddy, MD, and Carlos del Rio, MD
- HIV/AIDS
A 20-year cohort study of HIV-infected patients suggests that the rate of non-AIDS-defining cancers is increasing, likely because of longer life spans.- Reviewing:
- Crum-Cianflone N et al., AIDS 2009 Jan 2; 23:41.
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Preventing and Treating HIV-Related OIs — Updated Guidelines Free
- July 21, 2008
- Paul E. Sax, MD
- HIV/AIDS
The new guidelines are an excellent, comprehensive resource for all HIV clinicians.- Reviewing:
- National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (HIVMA/IDSA)., 2008 Jun 18;:
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