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  HIV and TB in Practice for nurses: non-communicable diseases, HIV and TB

  Conditions such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes in low- and middle-income countries, and awareness of these conditions in people living with HIV and/or TB. ...

  From:  HIV & AIDS treatment in practice

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  Everything okay down there? Screening for anal cancer

  Anal cancer is around 50 times more common in gay men with HIV than it is in the general population. Should we be demanding screening and vaccinations?...

  From:  HIV treatment update

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  HIV and lymphoma

  Guest writer Matt Sharp updates HTU on a group of cancers that still cause premature deaths in people with HIV, though cure rates are improving....

  From:  HIV treatment update

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  Cervical cancer in women with HIV

  Cervical cancer is one of the major causes of death and illness in women globally.Cervical cancer is...

  From:  HIV & AIDS treatment in practice

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  Off the hook: smoking – and how to give it up

  Gus Cairns investigates the fatal attraction between people with HIV and cigarettes – and tries to kick the habit himself. ...

  From:  HIV treatment update

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  Cervical cancer and you

  The recent death of reality TV star Jade Goody has created a huge upsurge of concern about cervical cancer, and getting screened for it. HIV-positive women are...

  From:  HIV treatment update

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  Kaposi’s sarcoma: a clinical review

  Clinical review of the epidemiology, presentation, diagnosis and clinical management of Kaposi's sarcoma in people with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa....

  From:  HIV & AIDS treatment in practice

Cancer in your own words

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  Surving non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

  I was diagnosed with HIV in July 1997, aged 36 and was told I would not need HIV treatment for some years and that I...

  From: In your own words

Cancer news from aidsmap

• Low CD4 cell count increases the risk of several cancers after starting HIV therapy

  A large US study has provided important new insights into the incidence and timing of cancers among people taking antiretroviral therapy. Published in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases, the study showed that incidence of AIDS-defining cancers was ...

  12 June 2013 | Michael Carter

• Undetectable viral load reduces the risk of HIV-associated anal cancer

  HIV therapy that effectively controls viral load reduces the risk of anal cancer, US research published in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes shows. The retrospective study involved almost 29,000 men taking combination antiretroviral ...

  11 June 2013 | Michael Carter

• High rate of spontaneous disease regression in men with high-grade pre-cancerous anal lesions

  High-grade pre-cancerous anal lesions are more likely to regress than progress, according to Australian research published in the online edition of AIDS. The study involved 574 men, three-quarters of whom were HIV positive. Only 1% of patients progressed to anal ...

  10 June 2013 | Michael Carter

• 2012: half a million sexually transmitted infections in England

  There were just under half a million new diagnoses of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in 2012, according to data released by Public Health England today. As in previous years, there were particularly high rates in gay men and in ...

  05 June 2013 | Roger Pebody

• High prevalence of oral HPV infection in Dutch gay men

  Oral infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) is common among gay men, Dutch investigators report in the online edition of AIDS. Prevalence was especially high among HIV-positive gay men, who were also more likely to be infected with the strains of ...

  07 May 2013 | Michael Carter

• KS-associated IRIS common among people starting HIV therapy in Africa

  Over 13% of people with HIV-related Kaposi’s sarcoma experience a worsening of disease after starting antiretroviral therapy, an international team of investigators report in the online edition of AIDS. This paradoxical worsening of disease was attributed to immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome ...

  04 April 2013 | Michael Carter

• Drinking coffee halves the risk of liver cancer

  Coffee consumption reduces the risk of liver cancer by approximately 50%, the results of a meta-analysis published in the online journal BMC Gastroenterology show. A total of 16 studies published before May 2012 were included in the analysis. Closer examination ...

  02 April 2013 | Michael Carter

• Very high incidence of high-grade pre-cancerous anal lesions among young HIV-positive Thai gay men

  Approximately a third of HIV-positive gay men in Thailand developed high-grade pre-cancerous anal lesions during just one year of follow-up, investigators report in the online edition of AIDS. Infection with high-risk strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) was an important ...

  02 April 2013 | Michael Carter

• Long-term suppression of viral load and sustained CD4 cell increase reduce risk of cervical HPV infection for HIV-positive women

  HIV therapy that achieves long-term suppression of viral load and sustained immune reconstitution reduces the risk of persistent cervical infection with high-risk strains of human papillomavirus (HPV), research published in the online version of the Journal of Infectious Diseases ...

  01 April 2013 | Michael Carter

• US research shows that HPV vaccination could prevent pre-cancerous anal cell changes in HIV-positive gay men

  Vaccination against cancer-associated strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) could be highly effective at preventing pre-cancerous anal cell changes in men living with HIV, according to research published in the online edition of the Journal of Infectious Diseases. The cross-sectional study ...

  03 January 2013 | Michael Carter

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Cancer news selected from other sources

• Detecting Kaposi's sarcoma with a smartphone accessory

  Engineers from Cornell University have created a new optical sensor that plugs in to a smartphone and, using disposable microfluidic chips, allows for inexpensive in-the-field diagnosis of Kaposi's sarcoma, a cancer linked to AIDS.

  07 June 2013 | Eurekalert Medicine & Health

• Terrence Higgins Trust calls for male HPV vaccine after Michael Douglas’s cancer oral sex claims

  The Terrence Higgins Trust is reiterating calls for the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccination programme to include gay and bisexual men following Hollywood actor Michael Douglas’s comments about oral cancer.

  04 June 2013 | Pink News

• Michael Douglas says cunnilingus gives you cancer – but is he right?

  Michael Douglas, who was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2010, says oral sex was the cause. But what's the risk?

  03 June 2013 | The Guardian

• Rwandan health minister hits back at critics of drug company deal

  Adam Green's piece voiced concerns about Merck's HPV programme serving as "market priming to create the conditions for adoption". From Rwanda's view, the jury is in: with more women dying of cervical cancer than in childbirth worldwide, the market is quite primed and demand readily apparent. Supply of the HPV vaccine and many other tools of modern medicine, on the other hand, remains in doubt for those who need them most.

  23 May 2013 | The Guardian

• HIV No Barrier to Getting Liver Transplant

  Liver transplants to treat a common type of liver cancer are a viable option for people infected with HIV, according to new research. The Italian study, published in The Oncologist, found that HIV doesn't affect survival rates and cancer recurrence after transplants among HIV patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

  21 May 2013 | Web MD

• Cancer Vaccines Get a Price Cut in Poor Nations

  The two companies that make vaccines against cervical cancer announced Thursday that they would cut their prices to the world’s poorest countries below $5 per dose, eventually making it possible for millions of girls to be protected against a major deadly cancer.

  14 May 2013 | New York Times

• Cancer linked to oral sex increasing; Milwaukee seeks to educate, promote vaccines

  As a head and neck cancer surgeon, Michael Stadler never thought he'd have to ask his patients about their sexual practices. Thirty years ago, most cancers he treated were linked to smoking. Today, 60% to 80% of oropharyngeal (tonsil and back of the tongue) cancers are linked to oral sex and genital human papillomavirus, or HPV.

  10 May 2013 | Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

• Self-collection of samples for HPV testing shows promise in detection of cervical cancer in Kenya

  A study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill suggests that training women to self-collect genital samples to test for human papillomavirus, the causative agent of cervical cancer, can increase the coverage rates of cervical cancer screening.

  02 May 2013 | Eurekalert Medicine & Health

• CROI 2013: Random Anal Biopsies Improve Detection of Pre-cancerous Lesions

  Performing random anal biopsies increases the rate of diagnosis of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL) during high-resolution anoscopy, researchers from Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York City reported at the recent 20th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2013).

  11 April 2013 | HIVandhepatitis.com

• Current HPV vaccine may not help some women with immune problems

  Women with HIV acquire cancer-causing forms of the human papillomavirus that are not included in the current HPV vaccines Gardasil and Cervarix, according to new research from Fox Chase Cancer Center being presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013 on Sunday, April 7.

  08 April 2013 | Eurekalert Medicine & Health

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