People living with HIV have a higher risk of lung cancer and several other cancers compared to people without HIV. Smoking is the biggest risk factor for lung cancer.
Rates of some, but not all, cancers are higher in people living with HIV than HIV-negative people. This is often because of the effects of HIV on the immune system.
At CROI 2022, Professor Joel Palefsky from the University of California San Francisco talks about the ANCHOR trial, which has showed that screening and early treatment reduces anal cancer in people with HIV.
