Malignancies in HIV-infected Thai patients

Authors: Kiertiburanakul, S¹; Likhitpongwit, S¹; Ratanasiri, S²; Sungkanuparph, S¹

Source: HIV Medicine, Volume 8, Number 5, July 2007 , pp. 322-323(2)

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Abstract:

Of 1416 HIV-infected patients seen at Ramathibodi Hospital over a 5-year period (1999-2003), 42 were diagnosed with malignancies, giving a prevalence of 3%. Twenty-one of these patients (50%) were men and their mean age was 40.8 years. The median CD4 cell count was 235 cells/μL. AIDS-related malignancies were found in 26 patients (62%). The most common AIDS-related malignancies were non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) (33%), cervical cancer (21%) and Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) (5%). Breast cancer was the most common non-AIDS-related malignancy (10%). Eleven patients (26%) died. The 75% survival time of patients who received treatment for their malignancy was longer than that of patients who received no treatment (18.3 vs 1.2 months; P<0.01).

Keywords: AIDS; HIV; malignancy; Thai

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-1293.2007.00471.x

Affiliations: 1: Department of Medicine and 2: Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Publication date: 2007-07-01