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Non–AIDS-Defining Cancers Still High in HIV Infected
Non–AIDS-Defining Cancers Still High in HIV Infected
D Mahoney
20090110
2009 Feb 10
Elsevier Global Medical News
Non–AIDS-Defining Cancers Still High in HIV Infected
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2009 Feb 10, D Mahoney
MONTREAL (EGMN) - Although the rates of AIDS-defining cancers have declined significantly among people with HIV infection since the advent of antiretroviral therapy, the rates of non–AIDS-defining cancers - particularly those associated with an underlying infectious pathogen - continue to be significantly higher than those observed in the HIV-negative population, according to data presented yesterday at the 16th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections. Michael J. Silverberg, Ph.D.,...