Long-term complete remission of laryngeal Kaposi's sarcoma after palliative radiotherapy

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 473-477

  Ares, Carmen ^a,b   Allal, Abdelkarim S ^b  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AIDS; HAART; Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome; Kaposi's sarcoma; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALITRETINOIN; ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BICARBONATE; DAUNORUBICIN; DIDANOSINE; DOXORUBICIN; NELFINAVIR; PACLITAXEL; STAVUDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LABORATORY TEST; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX TUMOR; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TRACHEOTOMY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NECROSIS; PALLIATIVE CARE; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27944440141     PISSN: 17434254     EISSN: 17434262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncponc0294     Document Type: Article

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