Category Archives: Cancer

Cancer and the ‘other’ noncommunicable chronic diseases in older people living with HIV/AIDS in resource-limited settings: A challenge to success

2012

Objective: There is considerable research around the morbidity and mortality related to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), particularly cardiovascular disease and diabetes, among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in resource-richer settings. Less...

Interventions for treating AIDS-associated Hodgkin’s lymphoma in treatment-naive adults

2007

Background: Hodgkin’s disease (HD) is the most common non-AIDS-defining malignancy in HIV-infected patients. Its unusually aggressive tumour behaviour includes a higher frequency of unfavourable histologic subtypes, high-stage and extranodal involvement...

Assessing the impact of HAART on the incidence of defining and non-defining AIDS cancers among patients with HIV/AIDS: A systematic review

2015

After highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) became widespread, several studies demonstrated changes in the incidence of defining and non-defining AIDS cancers among HIV/AIDS patients. We conducted a systematic review of...

Peripheral T-cell lymphomas in HIV-infected individuals: A comprehensive review

2009

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Treatment of Kaposi’s sarcoma in HIV-1 infected individuals with emphasis on resource poor settings

2003

BACKGROUND: In many countries, Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) is the commonest malignancy among individuals infected with the human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV) and is a cause of substantial morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVES:...

Interventions for previously untreated patients with AIDS-associated Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

2009

BACKGROUND: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is known to be associated with an increased risk of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL). The majority of lymphomas (>80%) occurring during immunosuppression are aggressive B-cell...

Comparative incidence of cancer in HIV-AIDS patients and transplant recipients

2012

Background: Studies have found a relationship between decreased immunity and increased incidence of cancer. Methods: A systematic review of observational studies evaluating the incidence of cancer in both organ recipients...

Treatment of severe or progressive Kaposi’s sarcoma in HIV-infected adults

2014

Background: Kaposi’s sarcoma remains the most common cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa and the second most common cancer in HIV-infected patients worldwide. Since the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART),...

Anal intraepithelial neoplasia in HIV positive people

2001

OBJECTIVE: To review the current literature on HIV associated anal intraepithelial neoplasia (AIN). METHODS: A comprehensive Medline/Pubmed search was performed for the years 1980-2001 (January) for articles pertaining to HIV...

What palliative care-related problems do patients experience at HIV diagnosis? A systematic review of the evidence

2011

CONTEXT: Palliative care is an essential element of HIV care throughout the disease trajectory, but there is a lack of information to guide clinical care at HIV diagnosis. OBJECTIVES: This...

Anal human papillomavirus infection and associated neoplastic lesions in men who have sex with men: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2012

BACKGROUND: Men who have sex with men (MSM) are at greatly increased risk of human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated anal cancer. Screening for the presumed cancer precursor, high-grade anal intraepithelial neoplasia (AIN),...

Incidence of cancers in people with HIV/AIDS compared with immunosuppressed transplant recipients: A meta analysis

2007

BACKGROUND: Only a few types of cancer are recognised as being directly related to immune deficiency in people with HIV/AIDS. Large population-based studies in transplant recipients have shown that a...

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