High incidence of classical Kaposi's sarcoma in Iceland and the Faroe Islands.

We have examined the incidence of non-AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma in Iceland (1955-79) and the Faroe Islands (1974-95). In Iceland, 19 cases, nine in men and ten in women, were identified, and in the Faroe Islands four cases in men and three cases in women were found. This corresponded to sur...

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Autores principales: Hjalgrim, H., Tulinius, H., Dalberg, J., Hardarson, S., Frisch, M., Melbye, M.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 1998
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2150132/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9569061
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author Hjalgrim, H.
Tulinius, H.
Dalberg, J.
Hardarson, S.
Frisch, M.
Melbye, M.
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description We have examined the incidence of non-AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma in Iceland (1955-79) and the Faroe Islands (1974-95). In Iceland, 19 cases, nine in men and ten in women, were identified, and in the Faroe Islands four cases in men and three cases in women were found. This corresponded to surprisingly high incidence rates. In men, world standardized rates (per 100000 person-years) were 0.4 and 0.6 in Iceland and the Faroe Islands, respectively, and for women, the figures were 0.3 (Iceland) and 0.5 (the Faroe Islands). These are among the highest rates ever reported. No explanation for the high rates of Kaposi's sarcoma in these two North Atlantic communities could be identified.
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spelling pubmed-21501322009-09-10 High incidence of classical Kaposi's sarcoma in Iceland and the Faroe Islands. Hjalgrim, H. Tulinius, H. Dalberg, J. Hardarson, S. Frisch, M. Melbye, M. Br J Cancer Research Article We have examined the incidence of non-AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma in Iceland (1955-79) and the Faroe Islands (1974-95). In Iceland, 19 cases, nine in men and ten in women, were identified, and in the Faroe Islands four cases in men and three cases in women were found. This corresponded to surprisingly high incidence rates. In men, world standardized rates (per 100000 person-years) were 0.4 and 0.6 in Iceland and the Faroe Islands, respectively, and for women, the figures were 0.3 (Iceland) and 0.5 (the Faroe Islands). These are among the highest rates ever reported. No explanation for the high rates of Kaposi's sarcoma in these two North Atlantic communities could be identified. Nature Publishing Group 1998-04 /pmc/articles/PMC2150132/ /pubmed/9569061 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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title_full_unstemmed High incidence of classical Kaposi's sarcoma in Iceland and the Faroe Islands.
title_short High incidence of classical Kaposi's sarcoma in Iceland and the Faroe Islands.
title_sort high incidence of classical kaposi's sarcoma in iceland and the faroe islands.
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