An AIDS-related Virus Reveals More Ways To Cause Cancer Oct 11, 2007
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have shed new light on how Kaposi's Sarcoma-associated Herpes Virus (KSHV) subverts normal cell machinery to cause cancer ... Kaposi's sarcoma and primary effusion lymphoma are two of the viral-associated cancers that are common in immune-compromised patients. (Science Daily)
DNA Damage Response Confers A Barrier For Viral Tumorigenesis Oct 2, 2007
Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV) is a human tumor virus and an etiological agent for Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) ... 2007: Viral oncogene-induced DNA damage response is activated in Kaposi's sarcoma tumorigenesis. (Science Daily)
Doctors See Return of Kaposi's Sarcoma in Handful of AIDS Patients Sep 28, 2007
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 26 (HealthDay News) -- San Francisco doctors say they've seen a small number of longtime HIV patients with mild cases of Kaposi's sarcoma, a potentially dangerous condition that once plagued people with AIDS.. It's not clear why Kaposi's sarcoma is making a comeback, or whether it may pose a significant health threat to AIDS patients ... Kaposi's sarcoma, a type of skin cancer that causes disfiguring lesions, was largely limited to Mediterranean men before the AIDS epidemic. (MEDLINEplus)
HIV-Associated Kaposi’s Sarcoma with a High CD4 Count and a Low Viral Load Sep 27, 2007
NEJM -- HIV-Associated Kaposi's Sarcoma with a High CD4 Count and a Low Viral Load ... HIV-Associated Kaposi's Sarcoma with a High CD4 Count and a Low Viral Load ... To the Editor: Kaposi's sarcoma associated with HIV infection has been decreasing in incidence and severity since the introduction of antiretroviral therapy. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Pregnancy May Slow -- Not Accelerate -- Progression To AIDS Sep 22, 2007
Disease progression was defined as experiencing an AIDS-defining event such as Kaposi's sarcoma, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, or Candida fungal infection of the esophagus; or death. Of the 759 women studied, 71 percent (540) were receiving HAART. Eighteen percent (139) of women studied had one or more pregnancy during this study. (Science Daily)
Marijuana Component Opens The Door For Virus That Causes Kaposi's Sarcoma Aug 3, 2007
The major active component of marijuana could enhance the ability of the virus that causes Kaposi's sarcoma to infect cells and multiply, according to a team of researchers at Harvard Medical School ... While most people are not at risk from Kaposi's sarcoma herpes virus (KSHV), researchers say those with lowered immune systems, such as AIDS patients or transplant recipients, are more susceptible to developing the sarcoma as a result of infection ... While previous studies indicated that... (Science Daily)
Infection-Related Cancers Elevated Among the Immunodeficient Jul 7, 2007
" Historically, only Kaposi's sarcoma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and cervical cancer have represented AIDS-defining illnesses. Increased incidence of other cancers has been reported, but this was judged to be the result of lifestyle and other risk factors rather than immunodeficiency by investigators in the largest study to look at the issue, the AIDS-Cancer Match Registry Study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 2001. With publication of two large cohort studies... (MedPage Today)
HIV Patients at More Risk of Developing 20 Cancers, Australian Doctors Say Jul 6, 2007
In addition to cancers known to be linked to HIV, including non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Kaposi's sarcoma and cervical cancer, the study group was more likely to develop tumors linked to infections such as human papillomavirus, including those of the mouth, penis, anus, liver, stomach, esophagus, larynx and eye, the researchers said. The risk of developing cancers not linked to infection, such as tumors of the breast and prostate, was the same as for the general population, they said. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
HIV/AIDS pioneer named chief medical officer at Presidio Pharmaceuticals Jun 22, 2007
He identified the first cases of Kaposi's sarcoma in San Francisco in 1991 and started the Kaposi's Sarcoma Clinic at the University of California San Francisco. He also created The HIV/AIDS Clinic, which has the largest private AIDS clinic in San Francisco. (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
Styx bassist writes about secret gay life Jun 12, 2007
Panozzo was diagnosed with AIDS in 1998 and had most of the symptoms: Kaposi's sarcoma, anemia, thrush. His weight dropped to 130 pounds. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
SAN FRANCISCOPeru trekker's mystery bug is new to science Jun 8, 2007
During the worst years of the AIDS epidemic in San Francisco, Koehler first encountered the Bartonella when HIV infected patients sought treatment for disfiguring purple lesions that doctors initially thought were Kaposi's sarcoma. But these tumors were actually different from that common opportunistic infection that felled thousands of AIDS patients in the early years of the epidemic. (San Francisco Chronicle)
CAELYX(R) Delays Time to Disease Progression as Maintenance Therapy in Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer Jun 4, 2007
CAELYX is also approved in the EU for the treatment of advanced ovarian cancer in women who have failed first-line, platinum-based therapy and for the treatment of AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma in patients with low CD4 counts. SOURCE Schering-Plough Corp.. (PR Newswire)
Cancer Virus' Genetic Targets Identified May 14, 2007
University of Florida researchers have identified specific human genes targeted by a virus believed to cause Kaposi's sarcoma, a rare form of cancer associated with AIDS and with organ transplants that causes patches of red or purple tissue to grow under people's skin ... Scientists believe that with the regulatory genes sidelined, blood vessel growth runs rampant, resulting in the typical markings of Kaposi's sarcoma ... "The hallmarks of Kaposi's sarcoma are red spots full of blood vessels on... (Science Daily)
Scientists find clues to AIDS-cancer link May 12, 2007
Researchers say they've identified specific human genes targeted by the virus behind Kaposi's sarcoma, a rare cancer often found in AIDS patients ... Kaposi's sarcoma is typically seen in people with weakened immune systems, such as those with AIDS and organ transplant patients ... The virus believed to cause Kaposi's sarcoma has "mini-molecules" called microRNAs that silence genes that suppress tumor cells and limit vascular growth. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Africa facing major cancer blight May 11, 2007
" In some parts of Africa, the increased incidence of cancer is a consequence of economic development and populations that are living longer. But in other parts, where HIV/Aids is slashing longevity, cancer rates may be rising directly as a result of the HIV/Aids epidemic with cancers such as Kaposi's sarcoma, tumours which appear under the surface of the skin or on mucous membranes, becoming increasingly common. "HIV/Aids lowers the immunity of a patient and you know that throughout your... (BBC News -- Africa)
Enhancing Chemotherapy's Efficacy: New Agent Has Synergistic Effect With Standard Drugs Apr 17, 2007
This synergistic effect--in which the effect of two agents is greater than the sum of their individual effects--appeared when using the combination of MCP110 and Taxol on laboratory cell cultures of human Kaposi's sarcoma and mouse models carrying human lung and colon cancer cells. "Together, these findings indicate that MCP compounds have potential to be effective in combination with other anticancer agents," the authors concluded. (Science Daily)
- Germaine Greer Apr 9, 2007
It is his belief that the real cause of the occurrence of Kaposi's sarcoma among gay men is not a retrovirus, but their frequent recourse to amyl nitrite inhalants (poppers). Sadly for Mr Lauritsen, nobody has been paying attention to his howling in the wilderness on these topics and so he has been forced to search out another dead horse and give it a good flogging instead. (Guardian Unlimited)
Cancer cases 'will double by 2030' Apr 6, 2007
The study also found that the commonest type of cancer for men in Africa was Kaposi's sarcoma, which is directly linked to the Aids/HIV epidemic there. The agency also found that there were commonly more people in the world who died of cancer than those who died of tuberculosis, Aids and malaria combined. (Channel 4 News)
World cancer cases to double: expert Apr 5, 2007
In Africa, the most common type of cancer among men is Kaposi's sarcoma, which is linked to the HIV and AIDS epidemic, Boyle said. In the United States, a vaccine being developed for cervical cancer costs $US350 ($A433), but in Europe it is twice as expensive, he said. (The Age)
Epiphany Biosciences builds its board Mar 31, 2007
The San Francisco company is working on a treatment for Kaposi's sarcoma and other infectious diseases. The members of its board are. (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
Molecularly targeted therapy for Kaposi's sarcoma in a kidney transplant patient: case report, "what worked and what did not" Mar 27, 2007
Molecularly targeted therapy for Kaposi's sarcoma in a kidney transplant patient: case report, "what worked and what did not" Patricia Volkow , Juan W Zinser and Ricardo Correa-Rotter ... Imatinib is a tyrosine-kinase inhibitor; for which there is limited information regarding its effects on AIDS Kaposi's sarcoma and none in patients with transplant-associated Kaposi's sarcoma ... Sirolimus, an immunosuppressive drug used for kidney transplant, exhibits antiangiogenic activity related to... (BioMed Central)
Read More: FYI: Groopman Mar 17, 2007
Dr. Groopman's research has focused on the basic mechanisms of cancer and AIDS. He did seminal work on identifying growth factors which may restore the depressed immune systems of AIDS patients and on treatment for AIDS-related neoplasms, particularly Kaposi's sarcoma and lymphoma. His book, "How Doctors Think," is a journey into the medical mind, showing how doctors arrive at the correct diagnosis and why sometimes they detour and fail to. (CBS News -- Evening News)
Finnish Scientists Discover New Approach To Treat Virus-induced Lymphomas Mar 16, 2007
Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV) is a human tumor virus and an etiological agent for Kaposi's sarcoma and primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) ... PEL is a non-Hodgkin type lymphoma latently infected with KSHV, and it manifests as an effusion malignancy in Kaposi's sarcoma patients. (Science Daily)
Epiphany Biosciences hires hepatitis expert as scientific chief Feb 23, 2007
Epiphany is working on a blood test for Kaposi's Sarcoma Associated Herpes Virus. Fred Volinsky, M.D., is the company's CEO.. (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
Scientists Uncover Enzyme's Dual Role In Cancer Metastasis Feb 3, 2007
(April 21, 2004) -- In studying a virus that causes the skin cancer Kaposi's sarcoma, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill scientists have identified a viral gene that switches on cellular genes involved in. . (Science Daily)
Coping with HIV| Jan 11, 2007
Kaposi's sarcoma was one of the first illnesses noticed among San Francisco gay men in the early 1980s. It was then a little-known disease of elderly European men and young Africans, which tended to be chronic and rarely spread through the body. (iAfrica.com)
Epiphany Biosciences finishes license deal for Kaposi's sarcoma patents Jan 11, 2007
said Wednesday it completed a licensing deal with Columbia University that gives it exclusive rights to diagnostic and therapeutic uses of some patents related to Kaposi's sarcoma ... It seeks to develop diagnostic tests for the virus that causes Kaposi's sarcoma, a serious cancer common in HIV-positive patients. (East Bay Business Times, CA)
Synthetic Peptide Targets Latent Papilloma Virus Infections Jan 6, 2007
The strategy the researchers used to block HPV spread might also prove useful against other infectious viruses, such as the related Epstein-Barr virus, the cause of mononucleosis and an aggressive form of lymphocytic leukemia called Burkitt's leukemia, and the Kaposi's sarcoma virus, which can develop to cancer in those with AIDS.. The work was supported by the National Institutes of Health. (Science Daily)
AIDS drug on track for FDA approval Jan 2, 2007
Kaposi's sarcoma, the early AIDS epidemic's portentous and deadly calling card, was overwhelming him. "Warren really couldn't qualify for the drug, because his Kaposi's was progressing and because he had pretty significant side effects from the chemotherapy," Deeks said. (Los Angeles Times)
Kidney Transplants Boost Cancer Risk Dec 22, 2006
Drugs used to prevent rejection of the new kidney by suppressing the body's immune system may be to blame for a bump in risk for nonmelanoma skin cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and the rare skin malignancy known as Kaposi's sarcoma, researchers report in the Dec. 20 issue of the. Journal of the American Medical Association. (Yahoo News -- Cancer)
AIDS: Treatment campaign at critical point, experts warn Dec 1, 2006
- 1981: Eight young homosexuals in New York are diagnosed with Kaposi's Sarcoma, a skin cancer that usually occurs in older people, while five Los Angeles gays fall sick with a rare form of pneumonia. Together, these clusters alert the US authorities to something new: a disease that wrecks the immune system and exposes the body to opportunistic disease. (Lanka Business Online)
REFLECTION on World AIDS Day Dec 1, 2006
When the body has lost a significant number of immune cells or when there is a large number of HIV particles in your body and you experience an opportunistic infection, you have AIDS. Such infections include candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs; chronic cryptosporidiosis, disseminated or pulmonary histoplasmosis, Pneumoscystis carinii, or Kaposi's sarcoma. What are initial symptoms: A person does not need to look or feel sick to have HIV. However, up to 70 percent of the very... (SunHerald.com)
A changed world Nov 19, 2006
- On July 4, CDC reports 26 cases of Kaposi's sarcoma, a rare form of cancer, among gay men. - The disease is first called "gay cancer,'' then gay-related immune deficiency (GRID). In October, CDC declares the disease an epidemic. 1982 - CDC renames the disease AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome. - President Reagan's press secretary, Larry Speakes, jokes about AIDS at a press conference, saying, "I don't have it. (Fort Wayne News Sentinel)
When Gleevec Is Not Enough: Researcher Demonstrates Value Of 'Helper' Compound In Treating Some Leukemias Nov 11, 2006
(December 13, 2004) -- A new clinical study has shown that imatinib mesylate (Gleevec) has activity in AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). Imatinib inhibits important pathways that spur cancer growth, resulting in the. (Science Daily)
An AIDS-related virus tricks cells to become tumors, new Penn study finds Nov 9, 2006
Implications for Kaposi's sarcoma and other viral cancers. (Philadelphia, PA) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered how the Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) subverts a normal cell process in order to promote tumor growth ... The finding, published in the most recent issue of PLoS Pathogens, offers new potential strategies for treating Kaposi's sarcoma and other cancers associated with viruses. (EurekAlert!)
Madonna Tells Oprah Media Has Spun False Story Over Adoption Oct 26, 2006
"To see 8-year-olds in charge of households. To see mothers dying with Kaposi's sarcoma lesions all over their bodies. To see open [sewers] everywhere. It is a state of emergency. As far as I'm concerned the adoption laws have to be changed to suit that state of emergency. I think if everybody went there, they'd want to bring one of those children home with them and give them a better life.". This report is provided by MTV News. (VHI.com -- Music News)
South Africa: Aids Fight Picks Up Pace in a Durban Township Oct 24, 2006
Already showing tell-tale signs of Kaposi's sarcoma - a cancer of the blood vessels common in people with low CD4 levels - Marion said of her own AIDS denial, "It seemed like my only option in a place like Wentworth, where unemployed people spend their time gossiping about who they think might have AIDS. I even heard of people being beaten, and I also had to think of my 3-year-old son and my fianc;.". Having lost her appetite and a considerable amount of weight, and struggling with a persistent... (allAfrica.com)
For Mark Foley, ambitionsbattled his private demons Oct 8, 2006
"When I was extremely ill, weighing 125 pounds, covered in Kaposi's sarcoma lesions and nearing death, Mark was compassionate and not afraid of me, like so many others were.". Koehler lost that 1982 congressional election and went back to serve his final term on the Palm Beach County Commission. (The Palm Beach Post)
Blood Transfusion-transmitted Infections: A Global Perspective Oct 1, 2006
The commentary by Blajchman and Vamvakas was written in relation to an article in the same issue of the journal concerning the transfusion-transmission of HHV-8, a virus that has the potential to cause skin tumors (Kaposi's Sarcoma) in immunocompromised recipients. Can't find it. (Science Daily)
Key Role for a Viral Lytic Gene in Kaposi’s Sarcoma Sep 28, 2006
NEJM -- Key Role for a Viral Lytic Gene in Kaposi's Sarcoma ... Key Role for a Viral Lytic Gene in Kaposi's Sarcoma ... However, a recent study by Grisotto et al.1 shows that a lytic gene of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8), also known as Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus, may play a critical role in the development of Kaposi's sarcoma through direct and indirect mechanisms. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Systematic review suggests smoking increases HIV infection risk Sep 22, 2006
Nevertheless, they point out that although not formally within the terms of this review, it is worth noting that two studies did note an association between smoking and the development of bacterial pneumonia and one of these also noted an association between smoking and increased risk of developing AIDS related dementia but a protective effect against Kaposi's sarcoma. . (Aidsmap)
General Mechanism Of Cellular Aging Found; Tumor Suppressor Gene May Be Key Sep 12, 2006
Three separate studies confirm a gene that suppresses tumor cell growth also plays a key role in aging. The researchers found increasing concentration, or expression, of the gene p16INK4a in older cells; these aging cells worked poorly compared to young cells and remembered their "age" even when transferred from old mice to young mice. (Science Daily)
Eisai Buys Rights to Four Cancer Drugs From Ligand for About $205 Million Sep 8, 2006
The agreement also covers rights to a gel version of Targretin, and a gel version of Panretin, used to treat skin lesions in patients with AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma. Eisai is also developing its own cancer treatments including the E7070 stomach cancer treatment and E7389 breast cancer drug. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
AIDS pioneer reflects Aug 14, 2006
The lesions were caused by Kaposi's sarcoma, a rare skin cancer almost never seen in someone so young. It would soon be epidemic among young men, one of many illnesses that overwhelm people left defenseless by the disease now known as AIDS.. (USA Today -- News)
25 YEARS WITH AIDS Living with the Deadly Virus Aug 12, 2006
The patients infected with HIV who frequent the clinic are no longer rail-thin, and they don't have Kaposi's sarcoma lesions on their faces. Indeed, many seem upbeat and healthy. (Spiegel Online)
Disease has simply rewritten the rules Aug 12, 2006
A month later, a second report noted another puzzling anomaly: the number of gay men afflicted with a rare skin cancer called Kaposi's sarcoma was on the increase. Only a few American newspapers picked up the findings, headlining the homosexual angle. (Toronto Star -- Canada)
Holocaust Survivors at Higher Long-Term Cancer Risk Jul 2, 2006
Breaking down cancer incidence by specific diseases, the authors found that Holocaust survivors were at a significantly higher risk for lung cancer, Kaposi's sarcoma (a rare form of skin malignancy), and prostate cancer. Heightened risks for certain other cancers stood out. (Health-Finder)
A Ligand Is Reborn Jun 17, 2006
The San Diego company's products include Avinza, an oral morphine for the treatment of moderate to severe pain; Ontak, which treats T-cell lymphoma; Targretin capsules and gel for the treatment of refractory cutaneous T-cell lymphoma; and Panretin gel, for the treatment of Kaposi's sarcoma in AIDS patients. It's also expanding indications for its marketed products. (SmartMoney)
Advances, Failures Mark AIDS' First 25 Years Jun 6, 2006
Instead, they arrived with a list of serious, but seldom-seen conditions: PCP pneumonia, cytomegalovirus retinitis, or even a rare skin cancer called Kaposi's sarcoma. Two years later, the first case reports describing this "mystery" illness -- occurring in five young men from Los Angeles -- were published in the June 5, 1981, issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's epidemiological journal. (Forbes)
Alerting the worldThe scientific paper which first described cases of Aids Jun 6, 2006
" 'I saw him die' The same issue of MMRW reported an unusually high number of cases of Kaposi's sarcoma, a rare type of cancer that develops from skin cells. Twenty-six homosexual men under 50 - 20 in New York and six in California - had been diagnosed with the cancer in the preceding 30 months. That compared three cases in one New York hospital between 1961 and 1979. It was later discovered that Aids increases the risk of the cancer because of its effects on the immune system. Dr Curran was... (BBC News -- Science)
AIDS advances ripple through medicine Jun 6, 2006
First used experimentally to treat Kaposi's sarcoma, a cancer found in patients with AIDS, it is now being tested in bladder, vulvar, breast and colon cancer ... Originally developed to treat Kaposi's sarcoma, this approach is being tested in many other cancers as well. (San Jose Mercury News)
Living with the AIDS virus for 2 decades brings mix of joy, pain Jun 6, 2006
" In 1995, Jeff developed Kaposi's sarcoma, a type of cancer that afflicts people with the human immunodeficiency virus. He developed a dark blotch on his wrist, which forced him to wear long-sleeved shirts when he visited clients. Then, doctors found cancer in his colon. He went on chemotherapy, and the cancer cleared. By this time, doctors had developed tests to detect how much virus was in a person's body, their viral load, as expressed in HIV copies per milliliter of blood. "My viral load... (AZCentral -- News)
From Free Love to Safe Sex Jun 6, 2006
Within a month, 26 cases of Kaposi's sarcoma, another rare disease that was soon to be known as "gay men's cancer," were reported in New York and California. No one yet had put the name AIDS to these puzzling cases, no one knew the diseases were caused by HIV, and no one could stop the quick progression from disease to death that made the next 15 years look, in some communities, like a massacre. (Los Angeles Times)
People with AIDS thought they were doomed. Then a new series of drugs turned their worlds around. Jun 5, 2006
HIV was out in the open, visible in the purple and red splotches of Kaposi's sarcoma, a rare cancer that can emerge when the immune system is weakened ... Kaposi's sarcoma is an opportunistic infection ... Strub was also undergoing chemotherapy for the Kaposi's sarcoma. (Newsday -- Health)
AIDS TIMELINES Jun 5, 2006
" -- FDA approves "viral load" test that measures level of HIV in the bloodstream. People -- New York AIDS specialist Dr. David Ho is named Time Magazine's Man of the Year. Political -- Brazil becomes first developing country to offer antiviral drugs nationwide. 1997 Medical -- AIDS-related deaths decline by 40 percent, largely credited to three-drug therapy. -- California records its 100,000th AIDS case. Political -- President Clinton calls for development of AIDS vaccine by 2007. -- WHO boosts... (San Francisco Chronicle)
CDC issued a bulletin Jun 5, 2006
Those new reports also described outbreaks among gay men of Kaposi's sarcoma, a rare skin cancer that caused disfiguring purple lesions ... "I saw incredible heroism," said Dr. Marcus Conant, a San Francisco dermatologist who encountered some of the earliest Kaposi's sarcoma cases. (San Francisco Chronicle)
A War of Attrition With Virus Jun 5, 2006
A month later, CDC researchers reported 24 cases of a rare cancer called Kaposi's sarcoma among gay men with impaired immune systems. In 1983, Dr. Robert Gallo of the federal National Cancer Institute and Dr. Luc Montagnier and virologist Francoise Barre-Sinoussi of the Pasteur Institute in France reported that the disease, by then called acquired immune deficiency syndrome, was caused by a retrovirus. (Q13.com, WA)
AIDS, 25 years later Jun 4, 2006
As the years went by and the world awoke to HIV and AIDS, Berger treated many patients suffering horrible illnesses, such as Kaposi's sarcoma a skin cancer that can involve internal organs and he could offer little medical relief. In the mid to late 1980s, Berger watched entire social groups of men die of acquired immune deficiency syndrome. (Toronto Star)
Americans touched early by AIDS soldier on 25 years later Jun 3, 2006
Once-beautiful men walked the predominantly gay Castro District like living skeletons, their sunken cheeks bearing the telltale lesions of Kaposi's sarcoma. Not long after the first HIV tests became available, Payne, Swandby, Payne's twin brother, Lawrence, and the brother's partner, Timothy Bollinger, decided to get tested together, "as a family.". (Fresno Bee)
BP chief appointed Royal Society fellow May 22, 2006
Her work has also suggested that cervical cancer and Kaposi's sarcoma were infectious diseases. Calestous Juma, from Harvard University, has also been elected for his work on the application of science and technology in developing and developed countries. (EducationGuardian.co.uk)
Mourning the legacy of AIDS Apr 23, 2006
Many had developed Kaposi's sarcoma, all too evident on the skin. It was, we would soon learn, the Rock Hudson look. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
PDT Kills Drug-resistant Bacteria, Fungus In Lab Tests Mar 11, 2006
PDT has been shown to be effective against certain types of cancer, particularly Kaposi's sarcoma, cancer of the esophagus and breast cancer that has metastasized to the chest wall. The drug Photofrin has been approved by the FDA as a sensitizer for PDT in the treatment of early and late stage endobronchial and esophageal cancers, as well as high-grade abnormal tissues associated with Barrett's esophagus, a peptic ulcer of the lower esophagus caused by the presence of cells that normally stay... (Science Daily)
New Yorker's Fight for Home and History Feb 22, 2006
As it turned out, it was Kaposi's sarcoma, caused by the illness that became known as AIDS. In the years that followed, Jerry and Steve hung a huge basket of free condoms at the front of the store. They put a can on the counter to collect money for God's Love We Deliver. (Village Voice)
Can you catch cancer? Jan 24, 2006
And in the early 80s, the first sign that we were in trouble from a new virus that would wreak havoc across the planet was the arrival of a new cancer in America called Kaposi's sarcoma ... Suddenly, young gay men had it, as the HIV virus knocked out their immune systems, allowing the Kaposi's sarcoma herpes virus to flourish. (Guardian Unlimited)
Thalomid Slows Blood Cancer Jan 10, 2006
Although very dangerous if taken during the first trimester of pregnancy, companies are today testing the sedative's potential as a treatment for inflammation, to combat weight loss, the eye disease macular degeneration, and cancers such as breast, prostate, brain, and Kaposi's sarcoma, which is common in AIDS patients. Prior Approval. (Red Herring)
