Lung cancer in HIV patients and their parents: A Danish cohort study

Background HIV patients are known to be at increased risk of lung cancer but the risk factors behind this are unclear. Methods We estimated the cumulative incidence and relative risk of lung cancer in 1) a population of all Danish HIV patients identified from the Danish HIV Cohort Study (n = 5,053)...

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Published in:	BMC cancer Vol. 11; no. 1; p. 272
Main Authors:	Engsig, Frederik N, Kronborg, Gitte, Larsen, Carsten S, Pedersen, Gitte, Pedersen, Court, Gerstoft, Jan, Obel, Niels
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 25.06.2011 BioMed Central Ltd BMC
Subjects:	Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Cancer Research Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung - epidemiology Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung - genetics Carcinoma, Small Cell - epidemiology Carcinoma, Small Cell - genetics Care and treatment Cohort Studies Comorbidity Denmark - epidemiology Diagnosis Female Genetic Predisposition to Disease Health aspects Health Promotion and Disease Prevention HIV HIV Infections - epidemiology HIV patients Humans Immunocompetence immunosuppression Immunotherapy Incidence Kaplan-Meier Estimate Lung cancer lung cancer incidence Lung Neoplasms - epidemiology Lung Neoplasms - genetics Male matched cohort Medicine/Public Health Middle Aged Oncology Parents population controls Proportional Hazards Models Registries Research Article Research Design Risk Factors Sexual Behavior Smoking - epidemiology Surgical Oncology Denmark population controls lung cancer incidence immunosuppression matched cohort HIV parents
ISSN:	1471-2407, 1471-2407
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