HIV/AIDS

Research from Johns Hopkins University, Medical Department yields new data on HIV/AIDS

Published in Drug Law Weekly, May 13th, 2008

In this recent report, researchers in the United States conducted a study "To investigate trends, patient characteristics, and survival associated with AIDS-defining cancer (ADC) and non-AIDS defining cancer (NADC) in the HAART era. Retrospective analysis of all incident malignancies occurring in 1996-2005 among 2566 patients in an urban HIV clinic."

"Clinical profiles of NADC were compared with ADC and the general cohort. Incidence was examined by Poisson analysis. Standardized incidence ratios (SIR) compared cancer risk with that in the general population. Survival was analyzed by Kaplan-Meier and Cox proportional hazards models. Between 1996 and 2005, 138 ADC and 115...

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Source: Drug Law Weekly (2008-05-13)

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