title: Immune Control Despite Protracted Lymphopenia After Chemoradiation in an Elite Controller.
abstract: Elite controllers are human immunodeficiency virus-1-positive individuals capable of sustaining undetectable viral loads without treatment. We present the case of an elite controller diagnosed with extensive stage small cell lung cancer who maintained a viral load of <20 copies/mL despite the development of severe treatment-related lymphopenia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Hematology-Oncology Division , University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine , Philadelphia.
authors.forename: Kim A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Reiss
authors.affiliation: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins.
authors.forename: Dvone C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.affiliation: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Piotrowski
authors.affiliation: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins.
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grossman
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine , Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine , Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Joel N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Blankson
keywords: Human Immunodeficiency Virus; chemotherapy; elite controller; elite suppressor; radiation therapy; small cell lung cancer; treatment-related lymphopenia