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. 2018 Jun 14;8(6):e019985. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019985

Table 2.

Proportions of studied patients with respective cancer types among people living with HIV who had any malignancies (n=117)

Patients with malignancy
(n=117)
n (%)
AIDS-defining cancer
 Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma 61 (52.1)
 Kaposi sarcoma 16 (13.7)
 Burkitt lymphoma 5 (4.3)
 Cervix uteri 2 (1.7)
Non-AIDS-defining cancer
 Bronchus or lung 8 (6.8)
 Secondary malignant neoplasm of bone and bone marrow 6 (5.1)
 Colon 3 (2.6)
 Breast 3 (2.6)
 Malignant neoplasm, without specification of site 3 (2.6)
 Secondary malignant neoplasm of brain and cerebral meninges 3 (2.6)
 Acute myeloblastic leukaemia 3 (2.6)
 Multiple myeloma 3 (2.6)
 Stomach 2 (1.7)
 Secondary malignant neoplasm of lung 2 (1.7)
 Liver cell carcinoma 2 (1.7)
 Sigmoid colon 2 (1.7)
 Thoracic part of oesophagus 2 (1.7)
 Skin of trunk 2 (1.7)
 Others* 23 (19.7)

*Non-AIDS-defining cancer types present only in one patient were grouped and presented as ‘others’.