PMID: 2211205Sep 1, 1990Paper

Radiation therapy for AIDS-related Kaposi's Sarcoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
A M BersonW M Wara

Abstract

Between March 1982 and October 1987, 375 fields in 187 patients with AIDS-related Kaposi's Sarcoma were treated in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of California in San Francisco (UCSF). Field sizes ranging from 2 x 2 cm to total skin received doses of 8 Gy in a single fraction to 15-40 Gy in 5-10 fractions. Seventy-four percent of the patients have died. Response to treatment was achieved in over 90% of treated fields, with a median time to progression of 21 months and an actuarial freedom from relapse at 6 months of 69% (97 patients alive). There was no difference in outcome regardless of the fractionation regimen used. Severe reactions were noted in 17% of treated fields, but this incidence was significantly lower when a single fraction of 8 Gy was used (p less than 0.001). Radiation therapy plays an important palliative role in this devastating disease. This review supports the use of a single 8 Gy fraction for all Kaposi's Sarcoma lesions of the skin. Further data regarding single fraction therapy for lesions of other sites are needed.

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