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Association of Viral Suppression With Lower AIDS-Defining and Non-AIDS-Defining Cancer Incidence in HIV-Infected Veterans: A Prospective Cohort Study.


ABSTRACT: Background:Viral suppression is a primary marker of HIV treatment success. Persons with HIV are at increased risk for AIDS-defining cancer (ADC) and several types of non-AIDS-defining cancer (NADC), some of which are caused by oncogenic viruses. Objective:To determine whether viral suppression is associated with decreased cancer risk. Design:Prospective cohort. Setting:Department of Veterans Affairs. Participants:HIV-positive veterans (n = 42 441) and demographically matched uninfected veterans (n = 104 712) from 1999 to 2015. Measurements:Standardized cancer incidence rates and Poisson regression rate ratios (RRs; HIV-positive vs. uninfected persons) by viral suppression status (unsuppressed: person-time with HIV RNA levels ?500 copies/mL; early suppression: initial 2 years with HIV RNA levels <500 copies/mL; long-term suppression: person-time after early suppression with HIV RNA levels <500 copies/mL). Results:Cancer incidence for HIV-positive versus uninfected persons was highest for unsuppressed persons (RR, 2.35 [95% CI, 2.19 to 2.51]), lower among persons with early suppression (RR, 1.99 [CI, 1.87 to 2.12]), and lowest among persons with long-term suppression (RR, 1.52 [CI, 1.44 to 1.61]). This trend was strongest for ADC (unsuppressed: RR, 22.73 [CI, 19.01 to 27.19]; early suppression: RR, 9.48 [CI, 7.78 to 11.55]; long-term suppression: RR, 2.22 [CI, 1.69 to 2.93]), much weaker for NADC caused by viruses (unsuppressed: RR, 3.82 [CI, 3.24 to 4.49]; early suppression: RR, 3.42 [CI, 2.95 to 3.97]; long-term suppression: RR, 3.17 [CI, 2.78 to 3.62]), and absent for NADC not caused by viruses. Limitation:Lower viral suppression thresholds, duration of long-term suppression, and effects of CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell counts were not thoroughly evaluated. Conclusion:Antiretroviral therapy resulting in long-term viral suppression may contribute to cancer prevention, to a greater degree for ADC than for NADC. Patients with long-term viral suppression still had excess cancer risk. Primary Funding Source:National Cancer Institute and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism of the National Institutes of Health.

SUBMITTER: Park LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6825799 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Association of Viral Suppression With Lower AIDS-Defining and Non-AIDS-Defining Cancer Incidence in HIV-Infected Veterans: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Park Lesley S LS   Tate Janet P JP   Sigel Keith K   Brown Sheldon T ST   Crothers Kristina K   Gibert Cynthia C   Goetz Matthew Bidwell MB   Rimland David D   Rodriguez-Barradas Maria C MC   Bedimo Roger J RJ   Justice Amy C AC   Dubrow Robert R  

Annals of internal medicine 20180612 2


<h4>Background</h4>Viral suppression is a primary marker of HIV treatment success. Persons with HIV are at increased risk for AIDS-defining cancer (ADC) and several types of non-AIDS-defining cancer (NADC), some of which are caused by oncogenic viruses.<h4>Objective</h4>To determine whether viral suppression is associated with decreased cancer risk.<h4>Design</h4>Prospective cohort.<h4>Setting</h4>Department of Veterans Affairs.<h4>Participants</h4>HIV-positive veterans (n = 42 441) and demograp  ...[more]

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