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Case Reports
. 2025 Jun 6;10(8):101823.
doi: 10.1016/j.adro.2025.101823. eCollection 2025 Aug.

Excellent Response Following Palliative Radiation for Locally Advanced Epidemic/AIDS-Associated Kaposi Sarcoma of the Lower Extremity: A Case Report

Anushka S Mandalapu  1 , Alison K Yoder  1 , Xin Wang  1 , Devarati Mitra  1 , Andrew J Bishop  1 , B Ashleigh Guadagnolo  1 , Ahsan S Farooqi  1
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Excellent Response Following Palliative Radiation for Locally Advanced Epidemic/AIDS-Associated Kaposi Sarcoma of the Lower Extremity: A Case Report

Anushka S Mandalapu et al. Adv Radiat Oncol. .
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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Photo of patient’s left leg (A) and coronal view of diagnostic positron emission tomography scan immediately prior to receiving radiation therapy (B).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Select axial slices demonstrating coverage of the entire circumference of the left lower extremity with the 30 Gy isodose line. Field-in-field techniques were used to limit higher dose heterogeneities and to make the overall plan homogenous.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Photo of the patient’s left leg at first follow-up 2 weeks after completing radiation therapy (A). Patient’s positron emission tomography scan at first follow-up 2 weeks after completing radiation therapy (B) and after 3 months of completing radiation therapy (C).
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