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Esophageal Kaposi Sarcoma

MedGen UID:
234230
•Concept ID:
C1333453
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Esophageal Kaposi's Sarcoma; Esophagus Kaposi's Sarcoma; Kaposi's Sarcoma of Esophagus; Kaposi's Sarcoma of the Esophagus

Definition

A Kaposi sarcoma arising from the esophagus. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVEsophageal Kaposi Sarcoma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Dichotomous role of microtubule associated protein tau as a biomarker of response to and a target for increasing efficacy of taxane treatment in cancers of epithelial origin.
Barbolina MV
Pharmacol Res 2021 Jun;168:105585. Epub 2021 Mar 30 doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2021.105585. PMID: 33798735Free PMC Article
Solid, non-skin, post-liver transplant tumors: Key role of lifestyle and immunosuppression management.
Carenco C, Faure S, Ursic-Bedoya J, Herrero A, Pageaux GP
World J Gastroenterol 2016 Jan 7;22(1):427-34. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i1.427. PMID: 26755888Free PMC Article
Photodynamic therapy for the treatment of nonmelanomatous cutaneous malignancies.
Allison RR, Mang TS, Wilson BD
Semin Cutan Med Surg 1998 Jun;17(2):153-63. doi: 10.1016/s1085-5629(98)80008-4. PMID: 9669608

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

The Global Burden of Cancer 2013.
Global Burden of Disease Cancer Collaboration, Fitzmaurice C, Dicker D, Pain A, Hamavid H, Moradi-Lakeh M, MacIntyre MF, Allen C, Hansen G, Woodbrook R, Wolfe C, Hamadeh RR, Moore A, Werdecker A, Gessner BD, Te Ao B, McMahon B, Karimkhani C, Yu C, Cooke GS, Schwebel DC, Carpenter DO, Pereira DM, Nash D, Kazi DS, De Leo D, Plass D, Ukwaja KN, Thurston GD, Yun Jin K, Simard EP, Mills E, Park EK, Catalá-López F, deVeber G, Gotay C, Khan G, Hosgood HD 3rd, Santos IS, Leasher JL, Singh J, Leigh J, Jonas JB, Sanabria J, Beardsley J, Jacobsen KH, Takahashi K, Franklin RC, Ronfani L, Montico M, Naldi L, Tonelli M, Geleijnse J, Petzold M, Shrime MG, Younis M, Yonemoto N, Breitborde N, Yip P, Pourmalek F, Lotufo PA, Esteghamati A, Hankey GJ, Ali R, Lunevicius R, Malekzadeh R, Dellavalle R, Weintraub R, Lucas R, Hay R, Rojas-Rueda D, Westerman R, Sepanlou SG, Nolte S, Patten S, Weichenthal S, Abera SF, Fereshtehnejad SM, Shiue I, Driscoll T, Vasankari T, Alsharif U, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Vlassov VV, Marcenes WS, Mekonnen W, Melaku YA, Yano Y, Artaman A, Campos I, MacLachlan J, Mueller U, Kim D, Trillini M, Eshrati B, Williams HC, Shibuya K, Dandona R, Murthy K, Cowie B, Amare AT, Antonio CA, Castañeda-Orjuela C, van Gool CH, Violante F, Oh IH, Deribe K, Soreide K, Knibbs L, Kereselidze M, Green M, Cardenas R, Roy N, Tillmann T, Li Y, Krueger H, Monasta L, Dey S, Sheikhbahaei S, Hafezi-Nejad N, Kumar GA, Sreeramareddy CT, Dandona L, Wang H, Vollset SE, Mokdad A, Salomon JA, Lozano R, Vos T, Forouzanfar M, Lopez A, Murray C, Naghavi M
JAMA Oncol 2015 Jul;1(4):505-27. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.0735. PMID: 26181261Free PMC Article
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage in patients with AIDS.
Chalasani N, Wilcox CM
AIDS Patient Care STDS 1999 Jun;13(6):343-6. doi: 10.1089/apc.1999.13.343. PMID: 10842854
Infection prophylaxis and antiretroviral therapy in patients with HIV infection and malignancy.
Sparano JA, Sarta C
Curr Opin Oncol 1996 Sep;8(5):392-9. doi: 10.1097/00001622-199609000-00010. PMID: 8914806
Skin manifestations in AIDS patients.
Staughton R
Br J Clin Pract Suppl 1990 Sep;71:109-13. PMID: 2091731
Kaposi's sarcoma in Colombia.
García A, Olivella F, Valderrama S, Rodríguez G
Cancer 1989 Dec 1;64(11):2393-8. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19891201)64:11<2393::aid-cncr2820641133>3.0.co;2-9. PMID: 2804932

Diagnosis

The Global Burden of Cancer 2013.
Global Burden of Disease Cancer Collaboration, Fitzmaurice C, Dicker D, Pain A, Hamavid H, Moradi-Lakeh M, MacIntyre MF, Allen C, Hansen G, Woodbrook R, Wolfe C, Hamadeh RR, Moore A, Werdecker A, Gessner BD, Te Ao B, McMahon B, Karimkhani C, Yu C, Cooke GS, Schwebel DC, Carpenter DO, Pereira DM, Nash D, Kazi DS, De Leo D, Plass D, Ukwaja KN, Thurston GD, Yun Jin K, Simard EP, Mills E, Park EK, Catalá-López F, deVeber G, Gotay C, Khan G, Hosgood HD 3rd, Santos IS, Leasher JL, Singh J, Leigh J, Jonas JB, Sanabria J, Beardsley J, Jacobsen KH, Takahashi K, Franklin RC, Ronfani L, Montico M, Naldi L, Tonelli M, Geleijnse J, Petzold M, Shrime MG, Younis M, Yonemoto N, Breitborde N, Yip P, Pourmalek F, Lotufo PA, Esteghamati A, Hankey GJ, Ali R, Lunevicius R, Malekzadeh R, Dellavalle R, Weintraub R, Lucas R, Hay R, Rojas-Rueda D, Westerman R, Sepanlou SG, Nolte S, Patten S, Weichenthal S, Abera SF, Fereshtehnejad SM, Shiue I, Driscoll T, Vasankari T, Alsharif U, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Vlassov VV, Marcenes WS, Mekonnen W, Melaku YA, Yano Y, Artaman A, Campos I, MacLachlan J, Mueller U, Kim D, Trillini M, Eshrati B, Williams HC, Shibuya K, Dandona R, Murthy K, Cowie B, Amare AT, Antonio CA, Castañeda-Orjuela C, van Gool CH, Violante F, Oh IH, Deribe K, Soreide K, Knibbs L, Kereselidze M, Green M, Cardenas R, Roy N, Tillmann T, Li Y, Krueger H, Monasta L, Dey S, Sheikhbahaei S, Hafezi-Nejad N, Kumar GA, Sreeramareddy CT, Dandona L, Wang H, Vollset SE, Mokdad A, Salomon JA, Lozano R, Vos T, Forouzanfar M, Lopez A, Murray C, Naghavi M
JAMA Oncol 2015 Jul;1(4):505-27. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.0735. PMID: 26181261Free PMC Article
Bilateral tonsillar and esophageal Kaposi sarcoma in an HIV-negative patient.
Ozbudak IH, Guney K, Mutlu D, Gelen T, Ozbilim G
Ear Nose Throat J 2011 Jul;90(7):E23-6. doi: 10.1177/014556131109000716. PMID: 21792787
Gastrointestinal pathology in HIV-infected patients.
Clayton F, Clayton CH
Gastroenterol Clin North Am 1997 Jun;26(2):191-240. doi: 10.1016/s0889-8553(05)70293-4. PMID: 9187923
AIDS and the gut.
Chui DW, Owen RL
J Gastroenterol Hepatol 1994 May-Jun;9(3):291-303. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1994.tb01729.x. PMID: 8054532
Clinical aspects of HIV infection in developing countries.
Conlon CP
Br Med Bull 1988 Jan;44(1):101-14. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a072234. PMID: 3058240

Therapy

Update on taxane development: new analogs and new formulations.
Yared JA, Tkaczuk KH
Drug Des Devel Ther 2012;6:371-84. Epub 2012 Dec 11 doi: 10.2147/DDDT.S28997. PMID: 23251087Free PMC Article
Paclitaxel in cancer therapy.
Mekhail TM, Markman M
Expert Opin Pharmacother 2002 Jun;3(6):755-66. doi: 10.1517/14656566.3.6.755. PMID: 12036415
Photodynamic therapy for the treatment of nonmelanomatous cutaneous malignancies.
Allison RR, Mang TS, Wilson BD
Semin Cutan Med Surg 1998 Jun;17(2):153-63. doi: 10.1016/s1085-5629(98)80008-4. PMID: 9669608
Infection prophylaxis and antiretroviral therapy in patients with HIV infection and malignancy.
Sparano JA, Sarta C
Curr Opin Oncol 1996 Sep;8(5):392-9. doi: 10.1097/00001622-199609000-00010. PMID: 8914806
Odynophagia/dysphagia in AIDS.
Raufman JP
Gastroenterol Clin North Am 1988 Sep;17(3):599-614. PMID: 3049365

Prognosis

Cancer incidence in older adults in selected regions of sub-Saharan Africa, 2008-2012.
Pilleron S, Soerjomataram I, Charvat H, Chokunonga E, Somdyala NIM, Wabinga H, Korir A, Bray F, Jemal A, Maxwell Parkin D
Int J Cancer 2019 Apr 15;144(8):1824-1833. Epub 2019 Jan 11 doi: 10.1002/ijc.31880. PMID: 30238972
Cachexia among US cancer patients.
Arthur ST, Van Doren BA, Roy D, Noone JM, Zacherle E, Blanchette CM
J Med Econ 2016 Sep;19(9):874-80. Epub 2016 May 11 doi: 10.1080/13696998.2016.1181640. PMID: 27100202
The Global Burden of Cancer 2013.
Global Burden of Disease Cancer Collaboration, Fitzmaurice C, Dicker D, Pain A, Hamavid H, Moradi-Lakeh M, MacIntyre MF, Allen C, Hansen G, Woodbrook R, Wolfe C, Hamadeh RR, Moore A, Werdecker A, Gessner BD, Te Ao B, McMahon B, Karimkhani C, Yu C, Cooke GS, Schwebel DC, Carpenter DO, Pereira DM, Nash D, Kazi DS, De Leo D, Plass D, Ukwaja KN, Thurston GD, Yun Jin K, Simard EP, Mills E, Park EK, Catalá-López F, deVeber G, Gotay C, Khan G, Hosgood HD 3rd, Santos IS, Leasher JL, Singh J, Leigh J, Jonas JB, Sanabria J, Beardsley J, Jacobsen KH, Takahashi K, Franklin RC, Ronfani L, Montico M, Naldi L, Tonelli M, Geleijnse J, Petzold M, Shrime MG, Younis M, Yonemoto N, Breitborde N, Yip P, Pourmalek F, Lotufo PA, Esteghamati A, Hankey GJ, Ali R, Lunevicius R, Malekzadeh R, Dellavalle R, Weintraub R, Lucas R, Hay R, Rojas-Rueda D, Westerman R, Sepanlou SG, Nolte S, Patten S, Weichenthal S, Abera SF, Fereshtehnejad SM, Shiue I, Driscoll T, Vasankari T, Alsharif U, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Vlassov VV, Marcenes WS, Mekonnen W, Melaku YA, Yano Y, Artaman A, Campos I, MacLachlan J, Mueller U, Kim D, Trillini M, Eshrati B, Williams HC, Shibuya K, Dandona R, Murthy K, Cowie B, Amare AT, Antonio CA, Castañeda-Orjuela C, van Gool CH, Violante F, Oh IH, Deribe K, Soreide K, Knibbs L, Kereselidze M, Green M, Cardenas R, Roy N, Tillmann T, Li Y, Krueger H, Monasta L, Dey S, Sheikhbahaei S, Hafezi-Nejad N, Kumar GA, Sreeramareddy CT, Dandona L, Wang H, Vollset SE, Mokdad A, Salomon JA, Lozano R, Vos T, Forouzanfar M, Lopez A, Murray C, Naghavi M
JAMA Oncol 2015 Jul;1(4):505-27. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.0735. PMID: 26181261Free PMC Article
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage in patients with AIDS.
Chalasani N, Wilcox CM
AIDS Patient Care STDS 1999 Jun;13(6):343-6. doi: 10.1089/apc.1999.13.343. PMID: 10842854
Clinical aspects of HIV infection in developing countries.
Conlon CP
Br Med Bull 1988 Jan;44(1):101-14. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a072234. PMID: 3058240

Clinical prediction guides

Kaposi's sarcoma with atypical gastrointestinal involvement.
Garrido I, Pacheco J, Coelho R, Macedo G
Rev Esp Enferm Dig 2022 Jun;114(6):350-351. doi: 10.17235/reed.2021.8275/2021. PMID: 34470457
Dichotomous role of microtubule associated protein tau as a biomarker of response to and a target for increasing efficacy of taxane treatment in cancers of epithelial origin.
Barbolina MV
Pharmacol Res 2021 Jun;168:105585. Epub 2021 Mar 30 doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2021.105585. PMID: 33798735Free PMC Article
Cancer incidence in older adults in selected regions of sub-Saharan Africa, 2008-2012.
Pilleron S, Soerjomataram I, Charvat H, Chokunonga E, Somdyala NIM, Wabinga H, Korir A, Bray F, Jemal A, Maxwell Parkin D
Int J Cancer 2019 Apr 15;144(8):1824-1833. Epub 2019 Jan 11 doi: 10.1002/ijc.31880. PMID: 30238972
Gastrointestinal cryptococcosis.
Washington K, Gottfried MR, Wilson ML
Mod Pathol 1991 Nov;4(6):707-11. PMID: 1788263
Kaposi's sarcoma in Colombia.
García A, Olivella F, Valderrama S, Rodríguez G
Cancer 1989 Dec 1;64(11):2393-8. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19891201)64:11<2393::aid-cncr2820641133>3.0.co;2-9. PMID: 2804932

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