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| KAPOSIS-SARCOMA IN ITALY BEFORE AND AFTER THE AIDS EPIDEMIC |
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| Author(s): GEDDES M, FRANCESCHI S, BARCHIELLI A, FALCINI F, CARLI S, COCCONI G, CONTI E, CROSIGNANI P, GAFA L, GIARELLI L, VERCELLI M, ZANETTI R |
| Source: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER Volume: 69 Issue: 2 Pages: 333-336 Published: FEB 1994 |
| Times Cited: 74 References: 29 |
| Abstract: The incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) in 1976-90 was assessed in Italy, taking advantage of a network of nine population-based cancer registries covering, at its maximum, approximately 5.6 million subjects. The first examined period (1976-84) substantially reflects the epidemiology of KS prior to the AIDS epidemic in the registration areas. Elevated incidence rates, standardised to the Italian population of 1981, of 1.05/100,000 men and 0.27/100,000 women emerged in 1976-84 (i.e. from two- to threefold higher than in the USA and Sweden, more than tenfold higher than in England and Wales). These high rates, especially remarkable in the Registry from the south of Italy (i.e. Ragusa, 3.01/100,000 men and 0.54/100,000 women) suggest that the prevalence of the still unknown causative agent for KS was high, al least in some parts of Italy, prior to the AIDS epidemic. In the most, recent period (1985-90), an approximately twofold increase in KS incidence rates in Italian men below age 50 was observed (from 0.15 in 1976-84 to 0.47 in 1985-90). Conversely, declines in KS incidence were recorded in older men. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
Addresses:
1. CRO, SERV EPIDEMIOL, I-33081 AVIANO, ITALY
2. IST GENOVA, SERV EPIDEMIOL DESCRITTIVA VALUTATIVA CANCEROGEN, PRESIDIO S SALVI, I-50135 FLORENCE, ITALY
3. CSPO, REGISTRO TUMORI TOSCANO, I-50131 FLORENCE, ITALY
4. OSPED GB MORGAGNI & L PIERANTONI, REGISTRO TUMORI ROMAGNA, I-47100 FORLI, ITALY
5. REGISTRO TUMORI PROV PARMA, I-43100 PARMA, ITALY
6. OSPED SM GORETTI, REGISTRO TUMORI POPOLOZ PROV LATINA, I-04100 LATINA, ITALY
7. IST NAZL STUDIO & CURA TUMORI, REGISTRO TUMORI LOMBARDI PROV VARESE, I-20133 MILAN, ITALY
8. REGISTRO TUMORI RAGUSA, I-97100 RAGUSA, ITALY
9. REGISTRO TUMORI PROV TRIESTE, I-34100 TRIESTE, ITALY
10. IST NAZL RIC CANC, REGISTRO TUMORI GENOVA, I-16132 GENOA, ITALY
11. OSPED S GIOVANNI ANTICA SEDE, REGISTRO TUMORI PIEMONTE VALLE AOSTA, I-10123 TURIN, ITALY |
| Publisher: STOCKTON PRESS, HOUNDMILLS, BASINGSTOKE, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND RG21 6XS |
| Subject Category: Oncology |
| IDS Number: MU507 |
| ISSN: 0007-0920 |
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