[Cancer in AIDS patients: experience at a general hospital in the Province of Buenos Aires].
Twenty three HIV+ patients with cancer (2% of the infected population: 1100 patients) were treated at our Hospital between January 1987 and July 1997. Twelve patients (52%) had Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), five (22%) presented non Hodgkin lymphoma--B cell type (NHL), the remaining patients presented other non AIDS defining neoplasias. The patients with NHL presented, at the time of diagnosis, several infrequent localizations, poor tolerance to chemotherapy with a mean survival of 3 months. The patients with Kaposi sarcoma had neither positive response to recombinant Interferon alfa 2 nor to the etoposide regimens. A relatively high percentage (13%) of Hodgkin-disease (HL) was observed. Unlike previously consulted data, there was no apparent increased incidence of NHL. HIV+ patients with cancer who underwent conventional radiotherapy presented major toxicity and adverse effects not currently observed in non HIV+ patients.
Servicio de Oncología, Hospital Nacional Prof. Alejandro Posadas, Haedo.
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D001118:Argentina; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D016483:Lymphoma, AIDS-Related; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy