title: Excess mortality for non–AIDS-defining cancers among people with AIDS.
abstract: During the period 1999–2006, non–AIDS-defining cancers accounted for 7.4% of deaths among Italian people with AIDS. The risk of death was 6.6-fold higher than in the general population, being particularly elevated for virus-related cancers. The study findings highlighted the importance of monitoring the cancer burden on mortality for people with AIDS.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Aviano, Italy. zucchetto.epi@cro.it
authors.forename: Antonella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zucchetto
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Suligoi
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Paoli
authors.forename: Simona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pennazza
authors.forename: Jerry
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Polesel
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bruzzone
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rezza
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Paoli
authors.forename: Luigino
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dal Maso
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Serraino
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality*; D018570:Risk Assessment