Cumulative incidence of cancer among persons with HIV in North America: A cohort study

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 507-518

  Silverberg, Michael J ^a   Lau, Bryan ^a   Achenbach, Chad J ^a   Jing, Yuezhou ^a   Althoff, Keri N ^a   D'Souza, Gypsyamber ^a   Engels, Eric A ^a   Hessol, Nancy A ^a   Brooks, John T ^a   Burchell, Ann N ^a   Gill, M John ^a   Goedert, James J ^a   Hogg, Robert ^a   Horberg, Michael A ^a   Kirk, Gregory D ^a   Kitahata, Mari M ^a   Korthuis, Philip T ^a   Mathews, William C ^a   Mayor, Angel ^a   Modur, Sharada P ^a   Napravnik, Sonia ^a   Novak, Richard M ^a   Patel, Pragna ^a   Rachlis, Anita R ^a   Sterling, Timothy R ^a   Willig, James H ^a   Justice, Amy C ^a   Moore, Richard D ^a   Dubrow, Robert ^a   more..

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISPANIC; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MELANOMA; MOUTH CANCER; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NORTH AMERICA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANUS NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; HIV INFECTIONS; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANUS NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORTH AMERICA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

EID: 84943369236     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M14-2768     Document Type: Article

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