lunes, 15 de noviembre de 2010

Anal Cancer Is Increasing Among People with HIV Infection - ti_0910.pdf (Objeto application/pdf)


Anal Cancer Is Increasing Among People with HIV Infection

In the September Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC) Treatment Issues PDF icon Non-CDC Web Link, read about how anal cancer is emerging as a common non-AIDS defining cancer in persons with HIV infection. Anal cancer, like cervical cancer, is caused by infection with high-risk types of papillomavirus (HPV); low-risk types of the virus can cause genital and anal warts. In the age of antiretroviral therapy, the rate of anal cancer appears to be increasing. In a recent analysis from Kaiser-Permanente, the rate of anal cancer among the HIV-positive population was estimated to be 174/100,000 person-years—and even higher among persons with lower CD4+ counts—compared with 2/100,000 person-years among the HIV-negative population. This rate is significantly higher than the rate of cervical cancer before PAP screenings were routinely performed on women (35/100,000).


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