Publication Date
2015
Journal Title
Open Forum Infect Dis
Abstract
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1-infected individuals are affected by diseases at rates above those of their HIV-negative peers despite the increased life expectancy of the highly active antiretroviral therapy era. We followed a cohort of approximately 2000 HIV-1-infected patients for 5 years. The most frequent cause of death in this HIV-1-infected cohort was malignancy, with 39% of all classified deaths due to cancer. Among the cancer deaths, B-cell lymphomas were the most commonly seen malignancy, representing 34% of all cancer deaths. These lymphomas were very aggressive with a median survival ofdiagnosis.
Volume Number
2
Issue Number
4
Pages
ofv147
Document Type
Article
EPub Date
2015/11/14
Status
Faculty; Northwell Researcher
Facility
School of Medicine; Northwell Health
Primary Department
General Internal Medicine
PMID
DOI
10.1093/ofid/ofv147