Kaposi Sarcoma Treatment (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version

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Changes to This Summary (07/27/2018)

The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

General Information About Kaposi Sarcoma (KS)

This section was extensively revised.

Stage Information for Kaposi Sarcoma

Revised text to state that none of the previous studies were conducted at a time when highly active antiretroviral therapy was readily available.

Classic Kaposi Sarcoma Treatment

Added Tsao et al. as reference 1.

Epidemic Kaposi Sarcoma Treatment

Added Tsao et al. as reference 6.

This summary is written and maintained by the PDQ Adult Treatment Editorial Board, which is editorially independent of NCI. The summary reflects an independent review of the literature and does not represent a policy statement of NCI or NIH. More information about summary policies and the role of the PDQ Editorial Boards in maintaining the PDQ summaries can be found on the About This PDQ Summary and PDQ® - NCI's Comprehensive Cancer Database pages.

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