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DaunoXome® (Liposomal Daunorubicin) for First-Line Treatment of Advanced, HIV-Related Kaposi’s Sarcoma

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Abstract

Kaposi’s sarcoma, the most common tumor occurring in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals and persons with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), has become a more aggressive, increasingly difficult-totreat tumor partly because of its rapid progression late in the course of AIDS.1–4 Despite significant progress in understanding and treating Kaposi’s sarcoma lesions cosmetically over the last 15 years, overall survival of patients with advanced, HIV-associated Kaposi’s sarcoma has remained unchanged,1 prompting continued research for effective and better tolerated therapies. By selectively enhancing drug delivery to tumor versus normal tissues, thereby enhancing the antitumor effects and limiting the toxicities of antineoplastic drugs, some liposomal delivery formulations have presented an exciting therapeutic advance in the treatment of advanced, HIV-associated Kaposi’s sarcoma.

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  1. Genetic Therapy, Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA

    Martin C. Woodle Ph.D.

  2. Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Gerrit Storm Ph.D.

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Mukwaya, G., Forssen, E.A., Schmidt, P., Ross, M. (1998). DaunoXome® (Liposomal Daunorubicin) for First-Line Treatment of Advanced, HIV-Related Kaposi’s Sarcoma. In: Woodle, M.C., Storm, G. (eds) Long Circulating Liposomes: Old Drugs, New Therapeutics. Biotechnology Intelligence Unit. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-22115-0_10

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