Cancer
Cancer/Malignancies
Smoking, not Immune Deficiency is Major Cause of Lung Cancer for People with HIV
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- Category: Cancer/Malignancies
- Published on Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Lung cancer was strongly linked to smoking among participants in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study, but did not appear to be clearly associated with reduced CD4 cell levels, according to a report in the January 12, 2012, advance online edition of the British Journal of Cancer. Fortunately, another recent study showed that counseling by HIV care physicians can help patients stop smoking.
Electrocautery Prevents Progression to Anal Cancer in HIV Positive and Negative Gay Men
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- Category: Cancer/Malignancies
- Published on Tuesday, 03 January 2012 16:33
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Electrocautery ablation to remove abnormal tissue significantly reduced the likelihood of progression to anal cancer for both HIV positive and HIV negative gay men with high-grade anal intraepithelial neoplasia, according to a study described in the November 30, 2011, advance online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.
EACS 2011: Incidence of Non-AIDS Malignancies Stabilizes in D:A:D Study, but Prognosis Improves
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- Category: Cancer/Malignancies
- Published on Monday, 17 October 2011 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Occurrence of non-AIDS-defining cancer has remained stable in recent years, according to an analysis of the large D:A:D observational cohort presented at the 13th European AIDS Conference (EACS 2011) last week in Belgrade. Prognosis for HIV positive people with such malignancies remains poor, but appears to have improved somewhat over time.
Immune Deficiency Linked to Non-AIDS Cancers in People with HIV
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- Published on Tuesday, 20 December 2011 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
HIV positive people appear more likely than their HIV negative counterparts to develop several types of non-AIDS cancer, and the risk rises with declining immune function, according to a large study of Kaiser Permanente members published in the December 2011 issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention.
Non-AIDS Cancers Linked to Lower CD4 Count in People with HIV
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- Category: Cancer/Malignancies
- Published on Tuesday, 02 August 2011 00:00
- Written by Matt Sharp
HIV positive people who spent more time with a CD4 cell count < 200 cells/mm3 had a higher risk of developing non-AIDS cancers, in particular those related to infectious causes, according to findings from the Dutch ATHENA cohort published in the June 15, 2011, issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases.
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