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Chemotherapy of Disseminated Cutaneous Classic Kaposi's Sarcoma with Vinblastine
Author(s) -
Turk H. Mehmet,
Buyukberber Suleyman,
Camci Celalettin,
Inaloz H. Serhat,
Sari Ibrahim,
Kirtak Necmettin,
Uner Aytug
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2002.tb00198.x
Subject(s) - vinblastine , medicine , sarcoma , chemotherapy , dermatology , disease , pathology , surgery
Classic Kaposi's Sarcoma (KS) is a rare indolent cutaneous malign proliferative disease affecting predominantly elderly men of Mediterranean and Jewish origin. Classic KS generally does not require treatment for a prolonged time. Systemic therapy is indicated for patients with advanced disease. We present here a 78‐year‐old woman with disseminated cutaneous classic KS who was successfully treated with single agent vinblastine. Vinblastine is very effective, less toxic and less costly in the treatment of elderly patients with disseminated classic KS.