Classical Kaposi's sarcoma in north-east Sardinia: An overview from 1977 to 1991

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1132-1133

  Cottoni, F ^a   De Marco, R ^b   Montesu, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Kaposi's sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029936818     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1996.217     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. BERTACCINI G. (1959). Reticulosarcoma insorto su precedente tipica Sarcomatosi di Kaposi. Dermatologia, 10, 161.
2. BIGGAR RJ et al (1984). Incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma and mycosis fungoides in the United States including Puerto Rico, 1973-81. Natl. Cancer. Inst., 73, 89-93.
3. BORRONI G, SINI L, SANNA E, COTTONI F, MASSARELLI G, BOSINCU L, TANDA F AND RABBIOSI G. (1978). Il morbo di Kaposi in Sardegna (1965-1976). Indagine epidemiologica, clinico-statistica, anatomopatologica. Giorn. Ital. Dermatol., 113, 629-638.
4. BRAMBILLA L, LABIANCA R, BONESCHI V, FOSSATI S, DALLAVALLE G, FINZI AF AND LUPORINI G. (1994). Mediterranean Kaposi's sarcoma in the elderly. A randomized study of oral etoposide versus vinblastine. Cancer, 74, 2874-2878.
5. BRESLOW NE AND DAY NE. (1987). Statistical methods in cancer research. Vol II IARC Scientific Publications, 82, IARC: Lyon.
6. CERUTTI P AND PISANI M. (1963). La istioangioreticulosi di Kaposi nella sua attuale frequenza, evoluzione e prognosi. Min. Derm., 4,(suppl 38), 425.
7. CONTU L, CERIMELE D, PINTUS A, COTTONI F AND LA NASA G. (1984). HLA and Kaposi's sarcoma in Sardinia. Tissue Antigens, 23, 240-245.
8. COTTONI F, DE MARCO R AND CERIMELE D. (1985). Kaposi's sarcoma in Northeast Sardinia. An epidemiologic, geograhic, and statistical study. Kaposi's Sarcoma, Cerimele D (ed.) pp. 19-28. SP Medical and Scientific.
9. DE AMICIS T. (1897). Die sarkomatose der haut. Monatsschr prakt Derm., 25, 309.
10. FUJII YF, TAKAYASU S, YOKOYAMA S, EIZURU Y, MINAMISHHIMA Y AND ENJOJI M. (1986). Kaposi's sarcoma in a Korean living in Japan. J. Am. Acad. Dermatol., 15, 76-82.
11. GAFÀ R, GAFÀ R AND DARDANONI L. (1984). Il sarcoma di Kaposi a Ragusa e in Sicilia. IX Réunion du Group pour l'épidemiologie et l'enregistrement du cancer dans les pays de langue latine, 31 May to 1 June 1984. Group pour l'épidemiolgie et l'enregistrement du cancer dans les pays de langue latine (eds). IARC Internal Report. IARC: Lyon.
12. GEDDES M, FRANCESCHI S, BARCHIELLI A, FALCINI F, CARLI S, COCCONI G, CONTI E, CROSIGNANI P, GAFÀ L, GIARELLI L, VERCELLI M AND ZANETTI R. (1994). Kaposi's sarcoma in Italy before and after the AIDS epidemic. Br. J. Cancer, 69, 333-336.
13. GRULICH AE, BERAL V AND SWERDLOW AJ. (1992). Kaposi's sarcoma in England and Wales before the AIDS epidemic. Br. J. Cancer, 66, 1135-1137.
14. JINHOU L, YEUZHEN H, CHENGSHENG N, AND KANGNING X. (1981). Kaposi's sacoma. Chin. Med. J., 94, 535-542.
15. HUTT MSR. (1984). Br. Med. Bull., 40, 355-358.
16. YESUDIA P. (1969). A case of Kaposis's sarcoma. Indian J. Derm. 14, 121.