Open AccessDelayed Diagnosis and Elevated Mortality in an Urban Population With HIV and Lung Cancer
Author(s) -
Malcolm V. Brock,
Craig M. Hooker,
Eric A. Engels,
Richard D. Moore,
Maura L. Gillison,
Anthony J. Alberg,
Jeanne C. Keruly,
Stephen C. Yang,
Richard F. Heitmiller,
Stephen B. Baylin,
James G. Herman,
Julie R. Brahmer
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/01.qai.0000232260.95288.93
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , hazard ratio , confidence interval , population , cancer , retrospective cohort study , stage (stratigraphy) , surgery , gastroenterology , paleontology , environmental health , biology
Lung cancer is more common in HIV-infected patients than in the general population. We examined how effectively lung cancer was being diagnosed in our HIV-infected patients.