Significance of HIV status in cervical cancer patients receiving curative chemoradiation therapy, definitive radiation alone, or palliative radiation in Botswana.
Kinza MeghaniPriya PuriLisa Bazzett-MatabelePeter VuylstekeRebecca LuckettBarati MonareSebathu ChiyapoRebecca KetlametsweTlotlo B RalefalaMemory Bvochora-NsingoNicola ZetolaDoreen Ramogola-MasireKatie E LichterPublished in: Cancer (2024)
In Botswana, a resource-limited setting, HIV status had no significant effect on 2-year OS in patients with cervical cancer with well-managed HIV receiving chemoradiation, RT alone, or palliative RT. This demonstrates that patients living with HIV receiving antiretroviral treatment can receive clinically appropriate treatment with no evidence that HIV may lead to poorer outcomes.
Keyphrases
- hiv positive
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv infected
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv testing
- hiv aids
- men who have sex with men
- hepatitis c virus
- hiv infected patients
- end stage renal disease
- rectal cancer
- south africa
- locally advanced
- chronic kidney disease
- palliative care
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- ejection fraction
- peritoneal dialysis
- stem cells
- squamous cell carcinoma
- type diabetes
- advanced cancer
- patient reported outcomes
- radiation induced
- adipose tissue
- radiation therapy
- mesenchymal stem cells
- bone marrow
- weight loss
- combination therapy
- smoking cessation