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Kaposi's Sarcoma
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| Kaposi's sarcoma may well have a vital aetiology. The lesions of this multicentric vascular neoplasm are usually purplish patches, plaques or nodules. Leakage of blood readily produces purpura and brown staining of the skin. The lymphatics can be affected |
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Leukemias
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| Although viruses cause several forms of leukemia in animals, the cause in humans is undefined; only 2 viral assocations are identified: The Epstein-Barr virus is associated with Burkitt's lymphoma and the human T-cell lymphotropic virus, has been linked t |
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Lung Cancer
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| Lung cancer kills more men and women than any other form of cancer.Since the majority of lung cancer is diagnosed at a relatively late stage, only 10% of all lung cancer patients are ultimately cured. 8 out of 10 lung cancers are due to tobacco smoke |
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| Malignant melanoma usually arises either from prevously normal-looking skin, or a benign melanocytic naevus. It may also arise from a naevus in a nail bed, in a mucous membrane or from the choroid or the iris. |
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| Surgery and radiotherapy are the principal methods of treating the primary tumor. For many early-stage cancers- eg. in cancer of the breast, squamous cancer of the lung, and cancers of the ovary, kidney, testis and gastrointestinal tract- surgery alone ha |
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