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. 1998 Aug;78(3):419–420. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1998.509

Incidence rates of classical Kaposi's sarcoma and multiple myeloma do not correlate.

H Hjalgrim 1, M Frisch 1, M Melbye 1
PMCID: PMC2063027  PMID: 9703293

Abstract

We compared population-based incidence rates for classical Kaposi's sarcoma and multiple myeloma. Neither for men (Spearman's rank correlation coefficient (r) = 0.01, P = 0.97, 13 pairs) nor for women (r = 0.24, P = 0.42, 13 pairs) did the incidences of the two conditions correlate. This absence of correlation does not support the hypothesis that Kaposi's sarcoma and multiple myeloma share a common aetiology, such as HHV-8.

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