Assessing the outcomes of HIV-infected persons receiving treatment for Kaposi sarcoma in Conakry-Guinea
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BMC CancerAbstract
Médecins Sans Frontières is supporting comprehensive HIV care and treatment for Kaposi Sarcoma (KS) in Guinea, where antiretroviral coverage is low and access to KS treatment is very limited. We aimed to evaluate treatment response and survival outcomes of epidemic KS in this setting.Publisher
BioMed CentralPubMed ID
29197357Language
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1471-2407ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1186/s12885-017-3771-x
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