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Am J Epidemiol 2003; 157:955.
Copyright © 2003 by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

RE: "ESTIMATION OF RISK OF CANCERS BEFORE OCCURRENCE OF ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME IN PERSONS INFECTED WITH HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS"

Eric A. Engels1, Morten Frisch1,2, Robert J. Biggar1 and James J. Goedert1

1 Viral Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD 20892
2 Department of Epidemiology Research, Danish Epidemiology Science Center, Statens Serum Institut, DK-2300 Copenhagen, Denmark

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Studies linking acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and cancer registries can examine whether the risk for particular cancers increases over time with respect to AIDS onset. Such a finding suggests that increasing immunosuppression related to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) plays a causal role. In these studies, estimating cancer risk among persons with asymptomatic HIV infection during the period before AIDS onset is challenging. AIDS . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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