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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin HIV AIDS. 2009 Jan;4(1):42–51. doi: 10.1097/COH.0b013e32831a9875

Table 1.

Recent literature evaluating calendar era changes in the risk of non-AIDS-defining malignancies

Author Design N Subjects Country Cancer Exposure Results
Ferreros [21*] Cohort 7,186 HIV(+) and
HIV(−) IDU
Spain Any NADM
(fatal)
1987–96,
1997–2004
HIV(+): RR=1.3 (95% CI=0.7–2.4)
HIV(−): RR=1.9 (95% CI=0.8–4.5)
Patel [22**] Cohort 54,780 HIV(+) USA Multiple
subtypes
1992–95,
1996–99,
2000–03
Increasing: anal (p<0.001), Hodgkin's (p=0.03),
melanoma (p<0.05), colorectal (0.03), prostate
(p=0.01). No significant trend for other cancers
(p>0.05). Only anal cancer increased over time
relative to general population (p<0.001).
Engels [23**] Registry
match
57,350 HIV(+) USA Multiple
subtypes
1991–95,
1996–2002
Liver: RR=infinite (one-sided p=0.03)
Hodgkin's: RR=2.7 (95% CI=1.0–7.1)
Other cancers not significant (p>0.05)
Hessol [24*] Registry
match
14,210 AIDS USA Multiple
subtypes
1990–95,
1996–2000
Anal: HR=2.7 (95% CI=1.0–7.3)
All other cancers not significant (p>0.05)
Long [25*] Cohort 2,566 HIV(+) USA Multiple
subtypes
1996–97,
1998–99,
2000–01,
2002–03,
2004–05
No significant trend (p>0.05)
Piketty [26**] Cohort 86,322 HIV(+) France Anal 1992–3/96,
4/1996–98,
1999–2000,
2001–02,
2003–04
Higher rates before vs. after 3/1996 (p>0.05).
No trends between 4/1996–2004 (p>0.05)
Chaturvedi [27**] Registry
match
397,927 AIDS USA Lung 1980–89,
1990–95,
1996–2002
No significant trend (p>0.05)
Kirk [28**] Cohort 2,086 HIV(+) and
HIV(−) IDU
USA Lung (fatal) 1988-6/96,
7/96-not stated
No significant trend (p>0.05)
Rimland [29*] Cohort 2,999 HIV(+) USA Prostate 1982–2002,
2003-not stated
Increasing trend (p<0.001)
Crum-Cianflone [30] Cohort 4,507 HIV(+) USA Skin 1987–96,
1997–2006
No significant trend (p>0.05)

HR, hazard ratio; IDU, injection drug users; NADM, non-AIDS-defining malignancy; RR, risk ratio