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Phase II trial of imatinib in AIDS-associated Kaposi's sarcoma: AIDS Malignancy Consortium Protocol 042.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 10 Feb 2014
Koon Henry B, Krown Susan E, Lee Jeannette Y, Honda Kord, Rapisuwon Suthee, Wang Zhenghe, Aboulafia David, Reid Erin G, Rudek Michelle A, Dezube Bruce J, Noy Ariela
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PURPOSE: Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a disease of multifocal vascular proliferation that requires infection with KS herpes virus (KSHV/HHV-8). Activation of the c-kit and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) receptors by autocrine/paracrine mechanisms follows endothelial cell KSHV infection. In a p...
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