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Immune deficiency and risk for malignancy among persons with AIDS

Sam M Mbulaiteye1, Robert J Biggar, James J Goedert

  • 1Viral Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute/NIH, Bethesda, MD 20852, USA. mbulaits@mail.nih.gov

Summary

Cancer risk in people with AIDS increases with lower CD4 counts, particularly for Kaposi sarcoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Other cancers showed no association with immune suppression levels.

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