by Dirk P . Dittmer (Editor), SusanE.Krown (Editor)
Cancer incidences increase in people living with HIV/AIDS. Over 2 million people currently live with HIV/AIDS in the US. This number will increase as HAART prolongs the average lifespan and as (at least in some states) the number of new HIV infections increase again. As this population ages their incidence rates for cancer will increase, as well. Recently, new rational targets for cancer therapy have emerged. But their application to the care of HIV+ patients is slow, because of concerns about the weakened immune status of the patients, because of possible drug interactions with HAART and because some of the AIDS defining cancer are rare.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 200
Edition: 1st Edition.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 11 Jun 2010
ISBN 10: 1441915125
ISBN 13: 9781441915122