Touria Bouhafa

Publications

• Research Article   
  Retrospective analysis of eight cutaneous Kaposi?s Sarcoma cases treated by radiation therapy
  Author(s): Farhane Fatima Zahra*, Zenab Alami, Wissal Hassani and Touria Bouhafa
  
  Background: Kaposi’s Sarcoma (KS) is an angioproliferative disease, with a viral aetiology and a multifactorial pathogenesis that depends on an immune dysfunction. It is frequently presents with multiple skin lesions and may also involve lymph node, mucosa, and visceral involvement. Objective: The aim of this study was, especially, to describe the place of the radiation therapy in the management of cutaneous Kaposi’s sarcoma through the experience of the department of radiotherapy of HASSAN II university hospital about 8 KS patients. Methods: Medical records of 8 cutaneous KS patients treated by radiotherapy between June 2012 and December 2019 were evaluated retrospectively. Results: There were as many females as male (male-to-female ratio was 1/1). The median age at diagnosis was 80 years (range, 35 years-89 years). All KS patients in this st.. Read More»
  

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