Age at cancer diagnosis among persons with AIDS in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies have reported young ages at cancer diagnosis in HIV-infected persons and have suggested that HIV accelerates carcinogenesis. However, these comparisons did not account for differences in population age structures.

Objective

To compare ages at diagnosis for non-AIDS-defining types of cancer that occur in both the AIDS and general populations, after adjustment for differences in age and other demographic characteristics between these populations.

Design

Registry linkage study.

Setting

15 HIV/AIDS and cancer registry databases in the United States.

Participants

212 055 persons with AIDS enrolled in the U.S. HIV/AIDS Cancer Match Study from 1996 to 2007.

Measurements

Comparison of age-at-diagnosis distributions for various types of

SUBMITTER: Shiels MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3071616 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature