Cohort profile: the South African HIV Cancer Match (SAM) Study, a national population-based cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The South African HIV Cancer Match (SAM) Study is a national cohort of people living with HIV (PLWH). It was created using probabilistic record linkages of routine laboratory records of PLWH retrieved by National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) and cancer data from the National Cancer Registry. The SAM Study aims to assess the spectrum and risk of cancer in PLWH in the context of the evolving South African HIV epidemic. The SAM Study's overarching goal is to inform cancer prevention and control programmes in PLWH in the era of antiretroviral treatment in South Africa.

Participants

PLWH (both adults and children) who accessed HIV care in public sector facilities and had HIV diagnostic or monitoring laboratory tests from NHLS.

Findings to date

The SAM cohort c

SUBMITTER: Muchengeti M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9003610 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature