"Sarcoma, Kaposi" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A multicentric, malignant neoplastic vascular proliferation characterized by the development of bluish-red cutaneous nodules, usually on the lower extremities, most often on the toes or feet, and slowly increasing in size and number and spreading to more proximal areas. The tumors have endothelium-lined channels and vascular spaces admixed with variably sized aggregates of spindle-shaped cells, and often remain confined to the skin and subcutaneous tissue, but widespread visceral involvement may occur. Kaposi's sarcoma occurs spontaneously in Jewish and Italian males in Europe and the United States. An aggressive variant in young children is endemic in some areas of Africa. A third form occurs in about 0.04% of kidney transplant patients. There is also a high incidence in AIDS patients. (From Dorland, 27th ed & Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 3d ed, pp2105-7) HHV-8 is the suspected cause.
Descriptor ID |
D012514
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MeSH Number(s) |
C02.256.466.860 C04.557.450.795.850 C04.557.645.750
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Concept/Terms |
Sarcoma, Kaposi- Sarcoma, Kaposi
- Kaposi's Sarcoma
- Kaposis Sarcoma
- Sarcoma, Kaposi's
- Multiple Idiopathic Pigmented Hemangiosarcoma
- Kaposi Sarcoma
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2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sarcoma, Kaposi" by people in Profiles.
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Skin Cancer and Immunosuppression. Dermatol Clin. 2019 Jan; 37(1):83-94.
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Nuclear factor kappa B pathway associated biomarkers in AIDS defining malignancies. Int J Cancer. 2012 Jun 01; 130(11):2728-33.
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Kaposi's sarcoma in the era of HAART-an update on mechanisms, diagnostics and treatment. AIDS Rev. 2005 Jan-Mar; 7(1):56-61.
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Novel Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus homolog in baboons. J Virol. 2003 Jul; 77(14):8159-65.
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Viral latent proteins as targets for Kaposi's sarcoma and Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV/HHV-8) induced lymphoma. Curr Drug Targets Infect Disord. 2003 Jun; 3(2):129-35.
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Differential regulation of the overlapping Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus vGCR (orf74) and LANA (orf73) promoters. J Virol. 2001 Feb; 75(4):1798-807.