Risk of Cancer in Children With AIDS
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Children with HIV infection have a high risk of developing cancer just as HIV-infected adults do. This was the conclusion of a study of 4,954 HIV-infected children, of whom 124 developed cancer before, at, or after they developed AIDS. One hundred had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, 8 had Kaposi's sarcoma, 4 had leiomyosarcoma, 2 had Hodgkin's disease, and 10 had other types of cancer. These rates were much higher than the rate of cancer in healthy children.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2000
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Association of Cancer With AIDS-Related Immunosuppression in Adults
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HIV patients do not necessarily have a higher than normal risk for most types of cancer, except possibly Hodgkin's disease, lip cancer, and testicular cancer. They may develop cancer because they have other risk factors such smoking, but they will not necessarily develop cancer because their immune system is damaged.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2001
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Population-based monitoring of an urban HIV/AIDS epidemic: magnitude and trends in the District of Columbia
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HIV infection rates in the District of Columbia are relatively high and could go higher, with 150 new cases a year in gay men, 700 in intravenous drug users and 200 in heterosexuals. This was one of the conclusions reached when a mathematical technique called backcalculation was used to estimate past and future HIV infection rates in the DC metropolitan area based on the current number of AIDS cases. The calculations showed that the first wave of HIV infections occurred in gay men and peaked between 1982 and 1983. Approximately 5,500 gay men have been infected since the start of the epidemic. The second wave occurred in 1986 in intravenous drug users and heterosexuals who have sex with those at risk for HIV infection. So far, 4,000 intravenous drug users and 1,200 heterosexuals have been infected. As of Jan 1991, 0.3% of white women, 2.9% of white men, 1.6% of black women and 4.9% of black men are estimated to be infected. These infection rates are similar to those found in other studies.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1992
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