Cancers attributable to infections among adults with HIV in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

HIV-infected people are at increased risk of cancers of infectious origin. We estimated the burden of cancer attributable to infections among HIV-infected people in the United States in 2008.

Design

Incidence rates for cancer sites associated with infections were estimated from record linkage between HIV/AIDS registries and cancer registries.

Methods

Rates were applied to estimates of the population living with diagnosed HIV in the United States in 2008 to obtain the number of incident cancer cases. Site-specific attributable fractions and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated from infection prevalence among cancer cases. Infection prevalence data were derived from literature review of case series.

Results

Of an estimated 6200 in

SUBMITTER: de Martel C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4636914 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature