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18 sty 2024 · Administration of antiretroviral therapy is effective in controlling the infection for most patients and, as a consequence, people living with HIV (PLWH) now often have a long life...
3 lis 2017 · People with HIV are predisposed to a higher risk of cancer through a variety of mechanisms. First, the immunosuppression that accompanies CD4 T-cell depletion may lead to the development of cancer when the immune system fails to seek out early cancer occurrences and destroy them.
17 maj 2019 · In the United States, the life expectancy for most PLWH on antiretroviral therapy (ART) now approaches that of the general population. 3 However, despite decreasing rates of cancer among PLWH in the United States, cancer is now the leading cause of death among this population in high-income countries. 4, 5 In this article, we ask why this is ...
10 maj 2017 · Despite these improvements, cohort studies show a small but persistent gap in the lifespan between HIV-positive and HIV-negative individuals, particularly within key affected populations. 5,6 Recent data from NA-ACCORD show that a 20-year-old HIV-positive adult on ART in the USA or Canada has a life expectancy approaching that of the general pop...
20 mar 2023 · We estimated that women with HIV at age 40 years had 35·8 years (95% CI 35·2–36·4) of life left if they started ART before 2015, and 39·0 years (38·5–39·5) left if they started ART after 2015. For men with HIV, the corresponding estimates were 34·5 years (33·8–35·2) and 37·0 (36·5–37·6).
13 maj 2024 · In 1996, the total life expectancy for a 20-year-old person with HIV was 39 years. In 2011, the total life expectancy bumped up to about 70 years. The survival rate for HIV-positive people has...
15 paź 2019 · This review will discuss the latest scientific evidence regarding the mechanisms driving lung cancer risk in HIV infection, the clinical presentation of lung cancer in HIV infected persons, and recent data regarding the outcomes, treatment and prevention of lung cancer in this group.
