Does Having Lung Cancer Mean I Have Hiv

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HIV and lung cancer? How are they related?

When does HIV become AIDS? A relative of mine was recently diagnosed with lung cancer. The tumor was only the size of the tip of the little finger. Surgery was performed in which the middle lobe was removed. More was taken out because the surgeons...

Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.

Harvard Medical School

Phil, you ask a lot of good questions about the relationship of HIV and lung cancer.Lung cancer does NOT qualify as an "AIDS-defining cancer". What this means is that if your relative is HIV positive and has lung cancer, then he does NOT... Read more »

Lung cancer and HIV

Some claims have been made in Australia that smoking in HIV+ people caused a much increased... Read more »

Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D. »

Atripla post lung cancer

My ex-husband has been HIV+ for over 20 years and basically asymptomatic until this past year.... Read more »

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Articles

Study Finds HIV Infection Is an Independent Risk Factor for Lung Cancer

Simply having HIV is an independent risk factor for lung cancer, according to a recent study from the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs. The researchers found that having HIV increased the risk of developing lung cancer by about 71%, after... Read more »

HIV Raises Risk of Lung Cancer 70 Percent in Large U.S. Veterans Group

Having HIV infection raised the risk of lung cancer 70% in a study of more than 110,000 U.S. veterans, even after researchers accounted for the impact of smoking. 1 By itself, smoking boosted lung cancer risk more than 6 times. This large study... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

HIV as an Independent Risk Factor for Incident Lung Cancer

To determine whether the higher rate of lung cancer seen among HIV patients is due to biological effects of HIV, surveillance bias or excess smoking, the research team compared the incidence of lung cancer between patients with HIV and... Read more »

Delayed Diagnosis and Elevated Mortality in an Urban Population With HIV and Lung Cancer: Implications for Patient Care

Lung cancer is more common in HIV patients than in the general population, observed the authors. They conducted a retrospective analysis of lung cancer diagnoses in HIV patients at Johns Hopkins Hospital between 1986 and 2004 to determine how... Read more »

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Fluid in the Lungs

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Hello. I just came back from my doctor and he told me that I have fluid in my lungs. I received a hand job from a professional lady about 7 weeks ago. She spit in the tip of my penis and finished me off. I also have Genital Herpes.Have been on... Read more »

does this mean you have hiv when u have this hla

Posted by need2know01, 1 Reply

Epitope-Enhanced Conserved HIV-1 Peptide Protects HLA-A2-Transgenic Mice Against Virus Expressing HIV-1 Antigen
Takahiro Okazaki1,*, C. David Pendleton*, Franois Lemonnier and Jay A. Berzofsky2,*
* Molecular Immunogenetics and Vaccine Research... Read more »

Does HIV postive really mean anything?

Posted by Anonymous, 6 Replies

HI forgive me i say soemthing that may sound stupid. I have read alot abt HIV AND AIDS, BUT recently reading Christine Maggiore i am wondering is she might be right. She challenges almost every known fact on HIV/aids 'That many experts now contend... Read more »

i don't mean to sound like a dissident

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

...but my uncle had HIV and died of the drugs (enlarged his heart and liver and gave him stomach cancer) not AIDS

i have read a lot of stories about people who have lived long lives (while HIV+) while NOT on drugs

they seem to be more common than... Read more »

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