Abstract:Background
HIV infection is associated with increased risk of cancer:
AIDS-defining cancers (ADC): Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS), non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), cervix cancer.
non-AIDS-defining cancers (NADC): Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), anal cancer, lung, head, neck, hepatocarcinoma.
Purpose
To analyse patients with antiretroviral therapy and chemotherapy, type of cancer and associated risk factors.
Materials and Methods Descriptive study of patients with antiretroviral and chemotherapy between 2004–2011, extracting da… Show more
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