The spectrum of human immunodeficiency virus-associated cancers in a South African black population: results from a case-control study, 1995-2004.

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The effect of the evolving HIV epidemic on cancer has been sparsely documented in Africa. We report results on the risk of cancer associated with HIV-1 infection using data from an ongoing study. A case-control analysis was used to estimate the relative risk (odds ratio, OR) of cancer types known to be AIDS defining: Kaposi's sarcoma (n = 333), non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL, n = 223) and cancers of the cervix (n = 1,586), and 11 cancer types possibly associated with HIV infection: Hodgkin lymphom...

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Authors: Stein, L; Urban, M; O'Connell, D; Yu, X; Beral, V

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: International journal of cancer. Journal international du cancer
• Volume: 122
• Issue: 10
• Pages: 2260-2265
• Publication date: 2008-05-01
• DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23391
• EISSN: 1097-0215
• ISSN: 0020-7136
• Language: English
• Keywords: Female; Humans; HIV Infections; Adolescent; Questionnaires; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin; HIV-1; African Continental Ancestry Group; Middle Aged; Adult; Male; Aged; Neoplasms, Squamous Cell; Time Factors; South Africa; Sarcoma, Kaposi; Case-Control Studies; Neoplasms