Open AccessEffect of antiretroviral therapy on the incidence of cervical neoplasia among HIV-infected women
Author(s) -
YenChin Chen,
ChungYi Li,
Hsiao Ying Liu,
Nan Yao Lee,
Wen Chien Ko,
Nai Ying Ko
Publication year - 2014
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.0000000000000132
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , cervical cancer , population , relative risk , confidence interval , cohort study , sida , cohort , obstetrics , cervical intraepithelial neoplasia , proportional hazards model , gynecology , cancer , viral disease , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , physics , environmental health , optics
Cervical cancer has been recognized as one of the AIDS-defining cancers since 1993. Receipt of HAART has been shown to reduce the risk of opportunistic infection and AIDS-defining malignancies. However, findings concerning the effect of HAART on cervical neoplasia have been inconsistent.