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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 24.
Published in final edited form as: Cell. 2013 Oct 24;155(3):10.1016/j.cell.2013.09.045. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.09.045

Table1.

Incidence of AIDS and non-AIDS defining malignancies in HIV positive individuals and the influence of ART.

Cancer Type Mean Standardized Incidence Ratio (Range) Incidence Rate per 100 000 Person-years
Pre ART Era Early ART Era Late-ART Era 0–6 mos post-ART initiation 6mo-1 Ovr post-ART intiation
AIDS Defining Cancers
 Kaposi Sarcoma 1555.5 (246 – 2628.5) 448.3 (47.8 – 848.8) 317.1 (22.9 – 572) 1342 164
 Non-hodgkin lymphoma 537.3 (103 – 1011.8) 260.4 (26.7 – 494.4) 107.3 (16.2 – 212.2) 357 134
   Non-hodgkin lymphoma (CNS) 160 24
 Cervical 69.8 (8.4 – 149.9) 99.2 (3.7 – 194.6) 88 (41.5 – 134.5) n/a n/a
Non-AIDS Defining Cancers
 Anal 44.5 (19 – 97.9) 90.1 (48.3 – 112.0) 78.4 (44 – 141.4) 72 69
 Hodgkin lymphoma 16.5 (4.5 – 34.3) 28.9 (11.1 – 54.7) 36.4 (20.7 – 64.4) 144 47
 Liver 9.1 (0 – 19.9) 17.5 (5.9 – 35.9) 13.7 (6.1 – 35.4) 18 39
 Lung 24.3 (0 – 91.9) 33.2 (2.8 – 93.8) 23.5 (2.4 – 84.9) 54 56
 Prostrate 5.3 (0 – 14.7) 13.3 (0 – 38.0) 9.9 (0 – 37.5) 22 58
 Breast 19.1 (0.6 – 56.0) 35.5 (1.2 – 69.9) 32.5 (0.6 – 96.0) 177 122
 Head and neck 9.2 (1.4 – 29.0) 12.1 (2.2 – 31) 10.6 (1.5 – 36.9) n/a n/a
 Melanoma 4.4 (0 – 15.6) 8.5 (0 – 24.8) 10.7 (0.6 – 37.5) n/a n/a
 HPV-related cancers 108 103

The mean standardized incidence ratios (SIR) were calculated by averaging SIR reported in several studies of cancer risk in persons with HIV.(Dal Maso et al., 2009; Franceschi et al., 2010; Patel et al., 2008; Powles et al., 2009) The pre ART era covers the years prior to 1996, the early ART era covers 1996–2001, and the late ART era covers 2002–2007, though there is some overlap between the studies. The incidence ratios of Kaposi sarcoma (KS) and non-hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), both AIDS defining cancers, decrease considerably from the pre ART era to the late ART era. This is not seen with cervical cancer. In a separate study, administration of ART for >6 months reduced the incidence of both KS and NHL while no difference in incidence of HPV-related malignancies was noted.(Yanik et al., 2013)