Children with Kaposi Sarcoma in Two Southern African Hospitals: Clinical Presentation, Management, and Outcome

Table 1

Annual numbers of KS recorded in South African Children’s Cancer Registry 1998–2008, mean age, and survival to date.

Year	Total cancers	KS	% of total cancers	Mean age (months)	Alive	% survival
1998	592	1	0.16	62	0	0
1999	575	1	0.17	56	1	100
2000	716	9	1.2	54.3	1	11
2001	648	12	1.8	66.6	10	83
2002	599	14	2.3	78.2	5	35
2003	643	20	3.1	66	13	65
2004	723	24	3.3	79.3	16	66
2005	650	24	3.6	104.1	10	41
2006	592	16	2.7	82.5	13	81
2007	564	13	2.3	82.7	12	92
2008	529	26	4.9	71.7	18	69
Total	6302	160	2.5	73.3	99	61