Early, sustained
antiretroviral therapy (ART),
which results in long-term viral suppression, helps to prevent AIDS-defining
cancers and also non-AIDS-defining
cancers, to a lesser degree. However, patients with long-term viral suppression
still had excess cancer risk compared to uninfected patients. The study,
published in Annals
of Internal Medicine, is the first to examine the effects of prolonged
periods of viral suppression and potential cancer prevention benefits for the
aging population of persons living with HIV.
Persons with HIV are at increased risk for AIDS-defining
cancers (Kaposi sarcoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, invasive cervical cancer)
and non-AIDS-defining cancers (lung, larynx, melanoma, leukemia, etc.). Some of
these cancers are known to be caused by viruses (certain anal, liver, Hodgkin
lymphoma, etc.) that are common among persons with HIV. Viral suppression is a key
component of HIV
treatment, and studies have shown an association between prolonged viral
suppression and decreased risk for some types of cancer. However, no studies
have specifically focused on the effect of sustained viral suppression on
overall cancer
risk.
Researchers from the Stanford Center for Population
Health Sciences compared cancer rates for 42,441 HIV-positive veterans with
those of 104,712 demographically-matched uninfected veterans from 1999-2015 to
determine whether long-term viral suppression was associated with decreased cancer
risk. They found that cancer risk was highest in the unsuppressed state,
lower in early suppression, lower still in long-term suppression, and lowest in
uninfected patients for all cancer, AIDS-defining cancer, virus
non-AIDS-defining-cancer, and several cancer types.
According to the authors, these findings are helpful to
both infectious disease and internal medicine clinicians who care for the
population of aging HIV-positive patients. Understanding how HIV interacts with viral
coinfections and results in higher risks of cancer may offer critical insight
in how to better prevent and treat these cancers for everyone.
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