Prevalence and predictors of malignancies in HIV patients: results of a retrospective multicentric Italian cohort.

We report the sharp reduction in the incidence of AIDS defining cancers in a multicentric, retrospective study carried out since 1991 and involving six Infectious Diseases Units spread across Italy. However, due to the parallel increase in non-AIDS defining cancers, cancer incidence was not reduced. Focusing on predictors of death in HIV-positive patients with neoplastic disease, multivariate models revealed that males as well as drug abusers were independently associated with a poor clinical outcome. PMID: 30882379 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: Infezioni in Medicina - March 20, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infez Med Source Type: research