title: Clinical aspects of AIDS-related non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
abstract: The association of malignant lymphoma with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) has been recognized since early in the human immunodeficiency virus epidemic. Important clues regarding the etiology of AIDS-related non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (AIDS-NHL) and estimates of the future incidence of AIDS-NHL have been derived from epidemiologic studies. Recent epidemiologic and cohort studies reviewed in this article have confirmed that the incidence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is high in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection, and increase with the duration of severe immunodeficiency in patients receiving antiretroviral therapies. A recent retrospective analysis of clinical features associated with AIDS-NHL described two groups of patients possessing distinct prognostic features. Finally, a number of new observations relating to the molecular and pathogenic mechanism underlying the development of AIDS-NHL have recently been described. The role of Epstein-Barr virus in the pathogenesis of AIDS-NHL continues to be enigmatic, and there may be multiple mechanisms contributing to the development of lymphoma, even in an individual patient.
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Francisco.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Northfelt
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Kaplan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015993:Life Tables; D016483:Lymphoma, AIDS-Related / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012306:Risk; D012307:Risk Factors; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000150:complications; D015215:Zidovudine / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D015215:Zidovudine