       Document 0281
 DOCN  M9550281
 TI    Lung cancer in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection.
 DT    9505
 AU    Flores MR; Sridhar KS; Thurer RJ; Saldana M; Raub WA Jr; Klimas NG;
       Department of Medicine, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center,;
       University of Miami School of Medicine, FL 33101.
 SO    Am J Clin Oncol. 1995 Feb;18(1):59-66. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95149909
 AB    This retrospective study determined the clinical course of lung cancer
       in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. A total
       of 23 patients with HIV infection archived as lung cancer were studied:
       16 were identified from about 1,000 lung cancer patients entered in the
       tumor registry and medical records of Jackson Memorial Hospital, 7 were
       identified from about 1,000 HIV-positive patients entered in the Special
       Immunology registry of Veterans Administration Medical Center, 4
       patients did not have pathologic confirmation of lung cancer, and 19
       patients, all men, met the criteria for analysis (histopathologic
       diagnosis of lung cancer and HIV+ by serology). The median age was 47
       (range: 36-66). Risk factors for HIV were homosexuality (6 patients),
       blood transfusion (3), promiscuity (5), intravenous drug abuse (4), and
       none (3). Six patients had a history of coexistent pulmonary
       tuberculosis and 5 had Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Median survival
       from diagnosis of lung cancer was 3 months. Advanced stages of both HIV
       infection and lung cancer may account for the poor survival. All
       patients were men and noted to be younger than other patients with lung
       cancer.
 DE    Adult  Aged  Florida/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Human  HIV
       Infections/*COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Lung
       Neoplasms/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/*ETIOLOGY/VIROLOGY  Male  Middle Age  Population
       Surveillance  Prognosis  Registries  Retrospective Studies  Risk Factors
       Survival Rate  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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