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HIV Infection Not Associated With Lung Cancer

Higher lung cancer rates have been reported in people with HIV/AIDS than in the general population, but it has not been clear why.

Published
18 November 2011
From
Medscape (requires free registration)
Cancer
Lung cancer is biggest killer in study of non-AIDS-defining cancers

A large cohort study of non-AIDS-defining cancers in people with HIV has found that while lung cancer was responsible for 16% of cases of these cancers it

Published
22 October 2011
By
Gus Cairns
Tuberculosis and HIV
TB smoking toll 'could reach 40m'

Forty million smokers around the world could die from TB by 2050, research suggests.

Published
05 October 2011
From
BBC Health
Smoking
Mobile phone support helps patients with HIV stop smoking

A mobile phone counselling service can help people with HIV to stop smoking – at least in the short-term, US investigators report in the online edition of

Published
04 July 2011
By
Michael Carter
Smoking
Text messages 'help smokers quit'

Supportive text messages can double the chance of someone successfully quitting smoking, according to UK researchers.

Published
30 June 2011
From
BBC Health
Smoking
Smoking and its consequences: studies probe quitting, relapse and lung disease

Two adjacent posters at the Tenth International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection (HIV10) in Glasgow last week looked at smoking in people with HIV

Published
17 November 2010
By
Gus Cairns
Infectious and non-infectious lung disease risk increased for those with HIV

HIV is associated with an increased risk of lung disease with infectious and non-infectious causes, US investigators report in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care

Published
29 September 2010
By
Michael Carter
Cancer
Recurrent pneumonia increases lung cancer risk for patients with AIDS

Recurrent bacterial pneumonia is associated with an increased risk of lung cancer in patients with AIDS, US investigators report in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired

Published
06 September 2010
By
Michael Carter
Cardiovascular disease
Both traditional risk factors and biomarkers associated with cardiovascular disease in patients with HIV

Family history and smoking are the strongest predictors of cardiovascular disease in patients with HIV, US investigators report in the online edition of AIDS. They

Published
04 June 2010
By
Michael Carter
Cancer
Smoking is sole risk for lung cancer for women with HIV

Cigarette smoking was the sole risk factor for the development of lung cancer in women with or at risk of HIV in a study

Published
03 March 2010
By
Michael Carter
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