Electrochemotherapy as "new standard of care" treatment for cutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 61-66

  Di Monta, G ^a   Caraco C ^a   Benedetto, L ^a   La Padula, S ^a   Marone, U ^a   Tornesello, M L ^a   Buonaguro, F M ^a   Simeone, E ^a   Ascierto, P A ^a   Mozzillo, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrochemotherapy; HHV 8; Kaposi's sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LOCAL THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN NODULE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; VIRUS LOAD;

ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; HHV-8; KAPOSI'S SARCOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DNA, VIRAL; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STANDARD OF CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84892539417     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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