Elevated risk for squamous cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva among adults with AIDS in the United States

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2590-2593

  Guech Ongey, Mercy ^a   Engels, Eric A ^a   Goedert, James J ^a   Biggar, Robert J ^a,b   Mbulaiteye, Sam M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Lymphoma; Ocular cancer; Squamous cell carcinoma of conjunctiva; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIDS PATIENT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONJUNCTIVA; ETHNICITY; EYE CANCER; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UNITED STATES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INCIDENCE; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42549144596     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23384     Document Type: Article

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