Clinical features of HIV-infected patients with non-small-cell lung cancer after lung resection.

Ayaka AsakawaHirotoshi HorioTakashi YamamichiMasayuki OkuiMasahiko Harada

Published in: General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (2019)

Surgical treatment for HIV-infected patients with NSCLC receiving HAART therapy and keeping adequate CD4-positive T-cell counts is safe and feasible. Preoperative precise staging using diagnostic imaging is difficult for these patients.

Keyphrases

hiv infected patients
antiretroviral therapy
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
small cell lung cancer
ejection fraction
high resolution
lymph node
pet ct
patient reported outcomes
peripheral blood
photodynamic therapy
replacement therapy
tyrosine kinase