Risk and incidence of head and neck cancers in veterans living with HIV and matched HIV-negative veterans.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Persons living with HIV/AIDS have a higher incidence of virus-related and tobacco/alcohol-related cancers. This study is the first to estimate the effect of HIV versus HIV-negative veterans on the risk of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma incidence in a large retrospective cohort study.

Methods

The authors constructed a retrospective cohort study using patient data from 1999 to 2016 from the National Veterans Administration Corporate Data Warehouse and the VA Central Cancer Registry. This cohort study included 45,052 veterans living with HIV/AIDS and 162,486 HIV-negative patients matched by age, sex, and index visit (i.e., HIV diagnosis date or clinic visit date). The age-standardized incidence rates and estimated adjusted hazard ratios were calculated with a

SUBMITTER: Mazul AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10650941 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature