February 10, 2009
Definition The AIDS-related cancers are a group of cancers that occur more frequently in persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection than in the general population. The most common form of IDS-related cancer, Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS), was one of the first indications of the AIDS epidemic in the early 1980s. While the number of new cases of KS has been declining in recent years, the number of AIDS-related lymphomas has been increasing at a rate of 2% to 3% each year.
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February 10, 2009
Unless the patient reports a specific symptom, most screening procedures are fruitless. Certain rocedures have been found adequate to detect potentially curable cancers in asymptomatic people in a cost-effective manner.
Breast cancer. Although the National Cancer Institute stopped recommending screening mammograms in 1993, the American Cancer Society has continued its recommendations based on updates of national data showing significantly increased survival in large selected subgroups of women. We recommend breast examination by a physician or qualified nurse every 3 years in women between 20 and 40 years of age and annual examination in women older than 40 years of age. Mammography is performed as a single baseline for those from 35 to 39 years of age, every 1 to 2 years for those from 40 to 49 years of age, and every year for women 50 years of age and older.
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