Open AccessTrends in the incidence of cancers among HIV-infected persons and the impact of antiretroviral therapy: a 20-year cohort study
Author(s) -
Nancy F. Crum-Cianflone,
Katherine Huppler Hullsiek,
Vincent C. Marconi,
Amy C. Weintrob,
Anuradha Ganesan,
Robert Barthel,
Susan Fraser,
Brian K. Agan,
Scott A. Wegner
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.195
H-Index - 216
eISSN - 1473-5571
pISSN - 0269-9370
DOI - 10.1097/qad.0b013e328317cc2d
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , multicenter aids cohort study , proportional hazards model , hazard ratio , cancer , cohort , cohort study , prospective cohort study , antiretroviral therapy , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , viral load , confidence interval , physics , optics
To describe trends in incidence rates of AIDS-defining cancers (ADCs) and non-AIDS-defining cancers (NADCs) during the HIV epidemic and to evaluate predictors, including the impact of antiretroviral therapy, of cancer development.