Stable Incidence and Poor Survival for HIV-Related Burkitt Lymphoma Among the US Veteran Population During the Antiretroviral Era.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite advances in diagnosis and treatment of both HIV and Burkitt lymphoma (BL), persons living with HIV remain at high risk for BL. We conducted this study to evaluate if there have been any changes in the risk of or survival after BL diagnosis among persons living with HIV during the antiretroviral era.

Setting

Veterans living with HIV (VLWH) and age-matched HIV-negative controls receiving care between 1999 and 2016 were retrospectively identified using Veterans Health Administration electronic medical records.

Methods

We identified BL diagnoses through Veterans Health Administration Cancer Registry review and International Classification of Diseases, Ninth/Tenth Revisions, codes, and we extracted demographic, lifestyle, and clinical variables from elec

SUBMITTER: Clark E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7793609 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature