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Abstract: The social, psychological, and ethical challenge of AIDS, specifically AIDS-related cancers, is as complex as the biological and medical. Both the patient and his or her sexual partner experience a number of stresses to which they must adapt. AIDS also poses a challenge to professionals and to the social fabric of cou ...
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Abstract: This 20-year review of detailed health information from one of Canada's leading HIV treatment centres supports the view that HAART helps to restore immunity that can reduce, but not eliminate, the risk of developing AIDS-related cancers. However, the Alberta team found that AIDS-related cancers are now more commonly di ...
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Abstract: BACKGROUND: The AIDS epidemic has passed its peak in Uganda , with possible consequences for the risk of cancers related to infectious agents. OBJECTIVE: To compare the incidence of cancers possibly linked to infections with HIV, before the AIDS epidemic (the 1960s), at its high poi ...
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Abstract: Malignant tumors, particularly Kaposi s sarcoma and certain cancers of the lymph system, have been common in AIDS patients since 1981. The array of cancers is broadening and researchers are looking for insight into the increases in frequency. An emerging theory is that most AIDS-related cancers are linked to viral inf ...
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Abstract: Three cancers are currently considered AIDS defining. These include Kaposi s sarcoma, non-Hodgkin s lymphoma , and cervical cancer. Each of these cancers has been associated with a viral infection, including HHV-8 in Kaposi s sarcoma; Epstein Barr virus in lymphoma; and human papill ...
http://www.aegis.org/aidsline/1997/dec/m97c1051.html
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Abstract: AIDS-related cancer research may also lead to advances in cancer treatment in HIV-negative people. Significant findings in the treatment of AIDS-related cancers were presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting. Researchers at the Center for AIDS Research at the University of California, San Diego, f ...
http://www.aegis.org/aidsline/1997/dec/m97c1099.html
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Abstract: In high-income countries, the widespread availability of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has greatly reduced the risk of these cancers. Perhaps risk reduction occurs because HAART suppresses production of HIV, allowing the immune system to begin the process of repairing itself. The resulting increases in C ...
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Abstract: AIDS increases risk of cancers not related to disease ALBANY, N.Y. -- Suppression of the immune system in patients with HIV increases the risk of some types of cancer that are not specifically related to AIDS, according to a report published in the Sept. 15 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology, Reuters reporte ...
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Abstract: Much of the focus of HIV research and treatment is on suppression of the human immunodeficiency virus itself. Unfortunately, it's not just about the virus, damn it. ...
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Abstract: How news feeds can advance biomedical research -- as well as helping people follow specialized news. ...
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Abstract: On April 17 the ADAP Working Group -- a coalition of advocacy organizations and pharmaceutical companies involved in AIDS treat ...
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Abstract: Healthcare Communications Group, L.L.C., which develops AIDS- related medical education programs, will produce The Clinical Car ...
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Abstract: Data from the population-based cancer registry for Los Angeles County, an area with high risk of AIDS, were used to evaluate secular trends of Kaposi s sarcoma (KS), non-Hodgkin s lymphoma , and other possibly AIDS-related cancers in men aged 18 to 54. Marital status was used as a s ...
http://www.aegis.org/aidsline/1989/apr/m8940191.html
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Abstract: Although the management of patients with human immunodeficiency virus infections has focused on the treatment of opportunistic infections, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related cancers in end stages of the disease, therapies now aim at preventing the natural progression of the underlying disease. In ad ...
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Abstract: Using a proportional morbidity analysis method, the authors examined changes in the risk of malignancy among never-married men 20-49 years old (a surrogate population for homosexual men) in a high AIDS-risk area (City of San Francisco) and other lower AIDS-risk areas. This approach easily detected increases in Kaposi ...
http://www.aegis.org/aidsline/1987/dec/m87c0285.html
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Abstract: Catie, AEGiS, HIV, AIDS, women, NHL, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, EBV, Epstein-Barr virus, invasive cervical cancer, HPV, human papilloma virus, anti-cancer agents, HIV positive women, lymphoma, tumors, cervical cancer, anal cancers, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Burkitt's lymphoma, Kaposi's sarcoma. CANCER: Trends in cancer ...
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Abstract: On Monday on the sidelines of a cancer conference in Cape Town, an expert said AIDS-related cancers are on the rise in Africa. There is such a huge amount of HIV in Africa. that HIV-associated cancers have also increased in prevalence, said Ian Magrath of the International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research. The ...
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Abstract: HIV-positive patients who temporarily suspend their drug regimens more than double their risk of dying, according to a new study. Because AIDS drugs are expensive and can have unpleasant side effects, many patients have expressed an interest in treatment holidays, or planned breaks in regimen adherence. Indeed, several ...
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Abstract: NEW YORK - One of the largest-ever studies of HIV treatment has found that patients who temporarily stop taking their powerful medicines more than double their risk of dying. Many HIV patients have sought doctors permission to periodically take a break from the tiresome regimen of AIDS-fighting drugs, which can cause i ...
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Abstract: ISSUES: Palliative care provides physical, psychological, social, emotional and spiritual care in incurable illness and is integral to a comprehensive care strategy for people living with HIV/AIDS(PLHA). Yet, in resource-poor settings it is frequently not available due to, inter alia, lack of essential drugs for sympto ...
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Abstract: The Uganda Cancer Institute has recorded more than 3,200 cancer patients annually in the past two years - treble the approximately 1,000 patients in the past - and over 70 percent of them have AIDS-related cancers including Kaposi s sarcoma and lymphomas, said Mulago Hospital Director Dr. Lawrence Kaggwa, the Ugandan n ...
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Abstract: HIV patients living without the benefit of modern drugs are far more vulnerable to several different types of cancer, say researchers. The research reinforces the connection between the virus and cancers. The research, carried out at Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities using the Scottish Cancer Registry, used records ...
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Abstract: In the 1997/2000 cohort no cases were observed during the follow-up. TMA is associated with conditions observed in the advanced phases of HIV infection. The disappearance of TMA during HAART may be explained by the reduction of the percentage of patients with long-lasting CD4+T cell depletion, advanced AIDS, cryptospor ...
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Abstract: These summaries are the Next Day Summaries written each day by expert authors focusing on the clinical implications of the materials presented at the conference. The summaries, also, are available online at http://hiv.medscape.com/conferences/malignancy3. This printed edition is provided through a grant from Ligand Pha ...
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Abstract: The ADAP Working Group, a coalition of aids advocacy organizations and research-based pharmaceutical and biotechnology organiza ...
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Abstract: Various cellular stress agents like ionizing radiation exposure could activate human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV- 1) replication or reporter gene expression. In addition, extracellular factor(s) released by X-ray-treated human colonic carcinoma cell line (HT29) might activate the long terminal repeat (LTR) of H ...
http://www.aegis.org/aidsline/1999/may/a9950384.html
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Abstract: National and international experts will convene at the ...
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Abstract: Kaposi s sarcoma and cervical cancer are the most common AIDS-related cancers. Anal cancer, affecting both men and women, has largely been ignored. Since many diseases can occur around the anal area, there are not definitive symptoms to diagnose any abnormal growths. Studies have shown that people living with HIV suff ...
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