HIV Patients At Two-Fold Higher Risk For Non-Melanoma Skin Cancers

HIV-positive patients have a higher incidence of non-melanoma skin cancers, according to a Kaiser Permanente study that appears in the current online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Specifically, basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas occur more than twice as often among HIV-positive individuals compared to those who are HIV-negative. The study cohort of 6,560 HIV-positive and almost 37,000 HIV-negative subjects was drawn from members of Kaiser Permanente Northern California from 1996 to 2008. Overall, HIV-positive subjects had a 2...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - Category: Consumer Health News Tags: HIV / AIDS Source Type: news