Employment of a dermatology specialist within a public health care system that previously lacked a local dermatologist generated quality improvements in KS care. Retrospective review identified ...

Interpretation of gastrointestinal tract mesenchymal lesions is simplified merely by knowing in which anatomic layer they are usually found. For example, Kaposi sarcoma is detected on mucosal biopsies ...

Effects of Interleukin-12 on the Immune Response to a Multipeptide Vaccine for Resected Metastatic Melanoma PURPOSE: Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) is the most common AIDS-related malignancy. Pulmonary ...

Kaposi sarcoma is unique among cancers because most tumors grow from a small number of different cells, whereas nearly all other cancers arise from a single cell, according to a study published online ...

A portable diagnostic device designed by researchers at Cornell Engineering and Weill Cornell Medicine has been deployed in clinical tests in Uganda to identify cases of Kaposi sarcoma, a common yet ...

A study has identified a binding protein in cancer cell's nucleus, known as CHD4, as a critical agent keeping Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) dormant and undetected by the body's immune ...

A team of UC Davis researchers has identified a protein in the cancer cell's nucleus as a critical agent keeping Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) dormant and undetected by the body's ...

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2009;28(5):426-428. The paucity of pathologists in Africa resulting from scarce funding and resources makes it difficult to definitively diagnose most patients with histology.

KCP: KSHV complement control protein; LANA: Latency-associated nuclear antigen. 1 Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Harlyne ...

Researchers have developed a model of Kaposi sarcoma that could expedite the development of new drugs to treat the disease, which is the most common cancer in people living with HIV. Researchers at ...

Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is a rare cancer that can cause skin lesions on a person’s feet. The lesions may appear as purple, reddish-blue, or brown marks on the skin, and people may mistake them for other ...