Table 1.
Study | Countries | Calendar years | Children included | Total follow-up time [years] | Cancer cases identified | Incidence rate per 100,000 person-years |
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Simard et al 2012, AIDS Cancer Match Study [10] | USA | 1996 – 2007 | 1,370 | 17,734 | 37* | Overall: 213 KS: 17 NHL: 132 NADC: 63 |
Chen et al 2015, NHIRD [11] | Taiwan | 1998–2009 | 230 | NR | 7 | Overall: NR KS: 150 NHL: 75 NADC: NR |
Bohlius et al 2016, IeDEA-SA [9] | South Africa | 2005 – 2011 | 11,707 | 29,348 | Total 71, prevalent 47, incident 24** | Overall: 82 KS: 34 NHL: 31 NADC: 17 |
Cancer incidence rate estimates in HIV-infected children published in the last five years.
included children and adolescents diagnosed with AIDS only;
prevalent defined as: before cohort enrolment, incident: after cohort enrolment. NHIRD National Health Insurance Research Database; IeDEA-SA International Epidemiological Databases to Evaluate AIDS in Southern Africa; NR not reported.