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Open Access
01-12-2010 | Poster presentation
Cancer chemotherapy: early experience with combined chemotherapy for HIV-infected Kaposi's sarcoma patients at Lighthouse clinic, Lilongwe, Malawi
Authors:
HF Mulinde, H Tweya, J Chiwoko, C Feldacker, S Phiri, M Nyirenda, R Weigel, L Mlundira
Published in:
Journal of the International AIDS Society
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Special Issue 4/2010
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Excerpt
Kaposi's sarcoma(KS) is the most common AIDS related malignancy in Malawi. National guidelines recommend chemotherapy with vincristine, along with antiretroviral treatment (ART). Effectiveness of vincristine monotherapy is limited, is considered palliative and interrupted supply contributes to poor outcomes of KS patients. Lighthouse, a major provider of HIV related services, started 38 patients on ART due to KS in quarter 1, 2010 and overall, 1195 patients ever started ART due to KS. …