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) often appears as discolored tumors on the skin or oral mucus membrane. As multiple lesions typically occur at the same time, it may be difficult for doctors to detect this cancer ...

Kaposi sarcoma commonly affects people with weakened immune systems, such as those with stage 3 HIV, also known as AIDS. However, taking antiretroviral drugs can reduce the risk of developing the ...

HHV-8 infection is necessary but insufficient for KS; clinically significant disease most often emerges with substantial immunosuppression, including HIV infection or iatrogenic post-transplant states ...

Researchers at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, after decades of research efforts, have developed a mouse model of Kaposi sarcoma that could be key to the development of new drugs to treat ...

Investigators also examined which type of immunosuppression was associated with a higher likelihood of Kaposi sarcoma. Findings presented at this month’s National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) ...

Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus testing is not routinely performed on donors or reci ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The incidence of Kaposi’s sarcoma and related death in East Africa has not improved in the last 5 years. In a ...

G-doctor with older man In this case series, all 9 affected patients were Black or Hispanic. Post-transplant Kaposi sarcoma, while rare, appears to occur more often in minorities, according to a ...

Dirk Dittmer, PhD, and colleagues have developed a model of Kaposi sarcoma could be key to the development of new drugs to treat the disease. Kaposi sarcoma is the most common cancer in people living ...