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HIV/AIDS Cancer
Miller School Researchers Publish Findings on Kaposis Sarcoma
May 26th, 2009
New findings just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) by University of Miami Miller School of Medicine researchers suggest that antioxidant therapy could help prevent and treat Kaposi's sarcoma, a major AIDS-related malignancy. Even though the number of cases has gone down with the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy, Kaposi's sarcoma still has a high death rate, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Recently it has been found that the human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) is responsible for the development of Kaposi's hallmark skin and mucosal lesions, making it a class of tumors induced by a viral infection. While the human herpesvirus...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-05-26)
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