Piccinno R, Caccialanza M, Cusini M, Cagliani P, Mainardi L
Istituto di Clinica Dermatologia I, Università di Milano.
G Ital Dermatol Venereol. 1990 Nov;125(11):539-42.
Radiotherapy is a first choice treatment of skin and oral cavity lesions of epidemic Kaposi sarcoma. It has cosmetic aims in the early stages of the disease, and palliative ones to reduce soreness and associated oedema in the lesions of a more advanced disease. This treatment modality has few side effects and does not modify the immunological condition of the patients. These statements, as they result from the review of the related literature, are here assessed by the experience of the Authors in a series of 22 patients, treated by means of orthovoltage radiotherapy, which allows intracavitary treatments (contact X-ray therapy) and small-sized irradiation fields.
放射治疗是流行型卡波西肉瘤皮肤和口腔病变的首选治疗方法。在疾病早期，其目的是改善外观；在疾病进展期，其目的是缓解病变部位的疼痛和相关水肿，起到姑息治疗的作用。这种治疗方式副作用少，不会改变患者的免疫状况。这些观点是基于相关文献综述得出的，在此作者通过对22例采用深部X线放射治疗的患者的经验进行评估，这种治疗方式可进行腔内治疗（接触X线治疗）和小照射野治疗。
