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Incidence of malignant neoplasms among HIV-infected persons in Scotland
G M Allardice1, D J Hole, D H Brewster
1Department of Statistics and Modelling Science, University of Strathclyde, 7th Floor Livingstone Tower, 26 Richmond Street, Glasgow G1 1XH, UK. gwen@stams.strath.ac.uk
Abstract:
Among 2574 persons diagnosed with HIV throughout Scotland and observed over the period 1981-1996, cancer incidence compared to the general population was 11 times higher overall; among homosexual/bisexual males, it was 21 times higher and among injecting drug users, haemophiliacs and heterosexuals it was five times higher, mostly due to AIDS-defining neoplasms. However, liver, lung and skin cancers (all non-AIDS-defining) were also significantly increased.
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