EPIDEMIOLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS OF KAPOSIS-SARCOMA PRIOR TO THE AIDS EPIDEMIC

Authors
KALDOR JM COATES M VETTOM L TAYLOR R
Citation
Jm. Kaldor et al., EPIDEMIOLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS OF KAPOSIS-SARCOMA PRIOR TO THE AIDS EPIDEMIC, British Journal of Cancer, 70(4), 1994, pp. 674-676
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Oncology
Journal title
British Journal of Cancer → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070920
Volume
70
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
674 - 676
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0920(1994)70:4<674:ECOKPT>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Twenty-six cases of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) were recorded by the New Sou th Wales Central Cancer Registry between 1972 and 1982, prior to the f irst AIDS diagnoses in Australia. The overall annual incidence was 0.4 7 per million. Incidence was three times higher in males. The highest incidence was in people born in the Middle East and in males born in s outhern and eastern Europe.