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| Title |
Consensus of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases and Brazilian Society of Clinical Oncology on the management and treatment of Kaposi's sarcoma
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| Published in |
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, February 2014
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.bjid.2014.01.002 |
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| Authors |
Érico Arruda, Alexandre Andrade dos Anjos Jacome, Ana Luiza de Castro Conde Toscano, Anderson Arantes Silvestrini, André Santa Bárbara Rêgo, Evanius Garcia Wiermann, Geraldo Felicio da Cunha, Heloisa Ramos Lacerda de Melo, Karen Mirna Loro Morejón, Luciano Zubaran Goldani, Luiz Carlos Pereira, Mariliza Henrique Silva, Mauro Sergio Treistman, Mônica Cristina Toledo Pereira, Patricia Maria Bezerra Xavier Romero, Rafael Aron Schmerling, Rodrigo Antonio Vieira Guedes, Veridiana Pires de Camargo |
| Abstract |
Kaposi's sarcoma is a multifocal vascular lesion of low-grade potential that is most often present in mucocutaneous sites and usually also affects lymph nodes and visceral organs. The condition may manifest through purplish lesions, flat or raised with an irregular shape, gastrointestinal bleeding due to lesions located in the digestive system, and dyspnea and hemoptysis associated with pulmonary lesions. In the early 1980s, the appearance of several cases of Kaposi's sarcoma in homosexual men was the first alarm about a newly identified epidemic, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. In 1994, it was finally demonstrated that the presence of a herpes virus associated with Kaposi's sarcoma called HHV-8 or Kaposi's sarcoma herpes virus and its genetic sequence was rapidly deciphered. The prevalence of this virus is very high (about 50%) in some African populations, but stands between 2% and 8% for the entire world population. Kaposi's sarcoma only develops when the immune system is depressed, as in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, which appears to be associated with a specific variant of the Kaposi's sarcoma herpes virus. There are no treatment guidelines for Kaposi's sarcoma established in Brazil, and thus the Brazilian Society of Clinical Oncology and the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases developed the treatment consensus presented here. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Peru | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 65 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 14% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 12% |
| Researcher | 8 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 11% |
| Other | 8 | 12% |
| Unknown | 16 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 22 | 33% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 8% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 4 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 11 | 17% |
| Unknown | 18 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
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