infectious diseases
Cancers Common in Patients with HIV Infection
Introduction
AIDS-defining cancers in patients infected with HIV are Kaposi Sarcoma None Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas None Lymphoma, immunoblastic (or equivalent term) Lymphoma, primary, of central nervous system Cervical Cancer , invasive Other cancers that appear to be dramatically increased in incidence or severity include Hodgkin Lymphoma (especially the mixed cellularity and lymphocyte-depleted subtypes) Anal Cancer None Testicular Cancer None Melanoma None Other skin and superficial eye cancers Leiomyosarcoma is a rare complication of HIV infection in children. Also, the rates of other common cancers (eg, lung, head and neck, and cervical carcinomas; hepatomas) are several times higher in patients infected with HIV than in the general population. This finding may reflect, at least in part, greater exposure to the viruses or toxins that cause these cancers: hepatitis B and C for hepatoma, human papillomavirus for cervical, anal, penile, and oropharyngeal carcinoma, and alcohol and tobacco for lung and head and neck carcinomas. (See also Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection .) 