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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-5-2
pubmed:abstractText
Between June 1986 and December 1988, 149 patients with AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma were treated by cutaneous irradiation in our department. According to Mitsuyasu's staging, 34 patients (23 p. 100) were stage I, 82 (55 p. 100) stage II and 33 (22 p. 100) stage IV; no stage III was reported. Fifty eight patients (39 p. 100) had previously presented with one or several opportunistic infections. Ninety four patients (63 p. 100) had previously received treatment with interferon in 85 (57 p. 100) and/or Velbe in 43 (29 p. 100). 319 cutaneous localisations were treated, 59 p. 100 by extended cutaneous irradiation, using 4 and/or 8 MeV electron beam energy, and 41 p. 100 by localized irradiation, using 45 kVX-ray energy, 2.5 Gy/fraction, 4 times a week by split course 20 Gy then 10 Gy two weeks later. Twenty patients (13 p. 100) with oedema of the lower limbs were treated, using 4 MV photon therapy with bolus, and 3 (2 p. 100) were treated for lesions in the ENT regions. Only 131 patients were evaluable (257 localisations); 62 p. 100 obtained complete remission and 31 p. 100 partial remission after a mean period of 1.5 months (0.5-3 months). The overall tolerance was acceptable. The complications were epidermitis with some necrosis (8 p. 100), exudative epidermitis (26 p. 100), moderate epidermitis (63 p. 100) and slight reactions in 4 p. 100. The mean recurrence time was 5 1/2 months.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0151-9638
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
117
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
17-21
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
[Radiotherapy of epidemic Kaposi's sarcoma in patients with AIDS. Analysis of 149 cases treated by extended and/or localized cutaneous irradiation].
pubmed:affiliation
Département de cancérologie, Hôpital Henri-Mondor, Créteil.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract