title: Current Management of AIDS Related Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
abstract: Non Hodgkin's lymphoma is the AIDS defining illness in 3-3.5% of patients and is increasing in incidence as the survival of HIV infected people improves. The incidence of these intermediate/high grade B cell malignancies is sixty times higher than in the general population. The most important prognostic factors are a CD4 positive lymphocyte count of <100 cells/mm3, a prior AIDS defining diagnosis, an ECOG performance status >2 and primary cerebral origin. Patients with any of these factors are most likely to benefit from palliative rather than radical treatment. Good prognosis patients have a 30-40% chance of cure from their lymphoma with carefully administered intensive chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Charing Cross Hospital, Medical Oncology Unit, London, England.
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fife
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bower