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As a proportion of AIDS-defining illnesses, Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) decreased from 1987-89 to 1993-94 in homosexual and bisexual men in all European regions and in the United States. Albeit underestimated, AIDS KS rates in the general male population at ages 25-49 are higher than those of the majority of cancer sites in the same age group.
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Franceschi, S., Dal Maso, L., Lo Re, A. et al. Trends of Kaposi's sarcoma at AIDS diagnosis in Europe and the United States, 1987-94. Br J Cancer 76, 114–117 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1997.345
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