书目名称 | Cancers in People with HIV and AIDS | 副标题 | Progress and Challen | 编辑 | Robert Yarchoan | 视频video | | 概述 | Fills a hitherto under-represented niche in HIV/AIDS research.Presents up-to-date information on the cancers associated with HIV infection.Addresses the misconception that HIV and AIDS are no longer s | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | .The association between AIDS and cancer was recognized from the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, when the appearance of Kaposi sarcoma in a cluster of young men was one of the first signs of this new disease. It was soon recognized that AIDS was caused by infection with a novel virus (HIV) and that AIDS patients are prone to develop a number of “AIDS-defining” cancers: Kaposi sarcoma, lymphoma, and cervical cancer. The development of effective combination anti-HIV therapy starting around 1996 converted AIDS from a death sentence to a manageable disease and led to dramatic shifts in the epidemic. As this therapy was able to improve immune function in patients, the incidence of most “AIDS-defining” cancers decreased. There is a misconception, however, that AIDS has gone away. In fact, as AIDS patients are living longer, the number of AIDS patients has more than doubled in the United States since 1996, and the AIDS population overall has increased in age. Also, as AIDS patients are less likely to die of other complications, cancer is coming to the forefront as one of the most common causes of death in regions where AIDS drugs are widely available. Moreover, the three “AIDS-defining” c | 出版日期 | Book 2014 | 关键词 | Cancer; HIV/AIDS; Lymphoma; Malignancy; infectious diseases | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0859-2 | isbn_softcover | 978-1-4939-5542-8 | isbn_ebook | 978-1-4939-0859-2 | copyright | Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 |
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