Why the study?
Does weekly vinblastine therapy induce long-term remission in patients with advanced Kaposi's sarcoma?
Population
4 patients with advanced Kaposi's sarcoma
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
up to 7.5 years
Authors
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May support durable remissions with vinblastine in advanced Kaposi sarcoma; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective trials before practice change.
Does weekly vinblastine therapy induce long-term remission in patients with advanced Kaposi's sarcoma?
Weekly vinblastine therapy can induce long-term complete or partial remissions in patients with advanced Kaposi's sarcoma without significant toxicity.
Greenwald et al. (1981) studied this question.
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