ATLANTA (Reuters) - The number of HIV-infected people with Kaposi sarcoma has fallen sharply due to the use of antiretroviral drugs, according to a European study published on Monday.
Kaposi's sarcoma was once a rare cancer, but in the early days of the AIDS epidemic, it became the hallmark disease of AIDS patients.
Between 1994 and 2003, the annual number of Kaposi's sarcoma cases fell by 39 percent, according to a study of nearly 10,000 HIV patients. The study was sponsored by the Royal Free Hospital, University College in London and several other European hospitals and health organisations.
Kaposi's sarcoma first appears as brown skin lesions, but can also occur in the lungs, liver, and other internal organs. Before AIDS emerged in 1981, the cancer mainly occurred in older men in the Mediterranean region.
But by the 1980s, it was one of the most common diseases to afflict AIDS patients.
Another 10 years later, a multidrug combination therapy called highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) gave doctors a powerful new weapon in the treatment of Kaposi's sarcoma, the disease that causes many AIDS patients. The number of deaths from the disease has decreased.
Anecdotal data and small studies have previously shown that cases of Kaposi's sarcoma are declining as new drugs suppress HIV levels in patients' blood and restore their immune systems.
But this large European study is the first to conclusively show that the treatment is associated with a decline in Kaposi's sarcoma cases. The findings were published online May 10 in the American Cancer Society journal Cancer. (over)
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"I remember a patient came to see me three years ago. This man was a man with tumors all over his upper body, and white body fluid was continuously flowing out like a crater. He was painless and itchy, but his lower body was completely normal. This is the patient with Kaposi sarcoma, This is the first time I have encountered this disease. After my careful examination and consultation, I am sure that the disease is caused by poisoning, and it is a cancer caused by similar diet or drug use plus Western medicine AZT and DDI. It is indeed very rare. I use the traditional detoxification method of Chinese medicine to expel toxins. The patient’s tumor disappeared overnight. When he came to see me on the third day, he did not see any lumps. I personally think that this disease may be related to AIDS Because of the toxins caused by the use of AIDS drugs, it has nothing to do with AIDS, because I have several AIDS patients who did not take anti-AIDS drugs because of too many side effects, but none of them got Kaposi Sarcoma, so the conclusion is that AIDS has nothing to do with this disease, This disease is caused by poisoning. The previous research report was the result of making cars behind closed doors, which is completely inconsistent with the facts. The red part above is a false image created by pharmaceutical companies that are bent on selling anti-AIDS, and the toxins of Western medicine. Produced Kaposi sarcoma and then blamed it on the patient, blaming it as a big lie caused by getting the disease. There are many doctors with no conscience. They were bribed by the pharmaceutical company and willing to be their lackeys. I am the one who can treat and help this as far as I know. The only doctor of Kaposi sarcoma, I haven't heard of any other doctor who has cured this disease, so I am qualified to say this, and I am also qualified to expose this century-old fraud doctor, I do things with conscience, no western medicine factory can buy me off."
"As far as I know, this disease was first discovered in San Francisco in the United States, and it is circulating in gay circles because they take drugs such as hallucinogens or heroin. He, are you from San Francisco? He was startled and said, how do you know? I already guessed that he had this disease, and after another look, I knew it was this disease. I believe that many Taiwanese doctors have not seen this disease. , the treatment of this disease is not as difficult as cancer, as long as you can put down your body and come to me, an unknown little Chinese doctor, I will tell you how to help patients, I will not post it on the website, because too many people want to steal I keep my research experience for myself, in order to prevent such people, I have to keep it a secret, please forgive me, if you get this disease, please contact me directly."
"In a word, Kaposi sarcoma is a side effect caused by western medicine and drug use, and has nothing to do with AIDS at all, but the pharmaceutical companies who know it will not say it, otherwise no one will buy western medicine."
