HIV/AIDS Cancer
Study findings from National Cancer Institute, Department of Health and Human Services provide new insights into HIV/AIDS cancer
Published in AIDS Weekly, December 4th, 2006
Fresh data on hiv/aids cancer are presented in the report "Kaposi's sarcoma risk among transplant recipients in the United States (1993-2003). Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) risk is high in immunosuppressed transplant recipients. KS develops in recipients with pre-existing infection with human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8), the causative agent for KS, but it can also occur in recipients infected by donors," investigators in the United States report.
"The relative importance of these sources of infection in recipients in the United States is unknown. We report recipient and donor characteristics associated with KS among transplant recipients in the United States. KS risk, after solid...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2006-12-04)
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