Hiv Negative Aids Lymphoma

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Lymphoma

What Is Lymphoma? Lymphoma is a cancer of white blood cells called B-lymphocytes, or B-cells. They multiply rapidly and form tumors. Lymphoma of the brain or spinal cord is called central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma. AIDS-related lymphoma is sometimes called Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL). In 1985, the Centers for Disease Control added NHL to the list of diseases that define AIDS. Hodgkin's Disease, another type of lymphoma, is rare in people...

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Burkitt's Lymphoma/AIDS

Please help us as time is running out quickly. My partner was diagnosed with Burkitt's in Feb 05' and is HIV+ and treatment naive--he now has AIDS. He took four rounds of chemo with three drugs and it failed miserably. The cancer is in...

Response from Brian Conway, M.D.

University of British Columbia

I am very pleased to see that you are responding to your treatment for HIV infection. It may be that with a higher CD4 count, you will respond better to chemotherapy, with your improved immune system. This being said, there are numerous new... Read more »

My brother's AIDS-related lymphoma. Will he be okay?

Hi Dr. Dezube I wrote to you not to long ago regarding my brother who has AIDS related lymphoma of the liver. He has finished his 8th session of CHOP. His cancer is still intact tumor has shrunk somewhat but the good news is that he has finally...

Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.

Harvard Medical School

I'm pleased to hear that your brother has started HIV meds. Although there is no guarantee that his lymphoma won't come back, the very fact that he is taking HIV meds is probably the best thing he can do in terms of assuring that his... Read more »

Sex life and aids (HIV TRANSMISSION BETWEEN TWO HIV NEGATIVES) (HIV FROM TWO HIV NEGATIVES)

Can you get aids from any type of sex, such as fingering, oral, or actual sex, if you and your partner both dont have aids? ...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,This QTND (Question That Never Dies) continues to, well, never die! It's a direct consequence of Dubya's abstinence-only sex education programs or perhaps of home schooling. See below.Dr. BobBareback possibility (HIV TRANSMISSION... Read more »

Do you have to have HIV to get lymphoma of the brain?

Do you have to have HIV to get lymphoma of the brain [also known as primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL)]? or can you get it without having HIV?...

Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.

Harvard Medical School

HIV infections makes patients more susceptible to cancers- these cancers include not just primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL, brain lymphoma), but also systemic lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, Kaposi's sarcoma, and many others.... Read more »

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HIV and Primary Effusion Lymphoma (PEL)

Posted by SMARS, 1 Reply

Hello,

Back in October I discovered that my brother was diagnosed with HIV, feel free to review the post with subject "HIV Care US vs. India and Living in the Mid East". In the last two months we have been doing more tests. We've discovered that he... Read more »

HIV and Lymphoma

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I'm wondering if anyone out there is struggling with the double whammy of HIV and non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. I'm trying to connect to share information, etc., or just for general support.

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HIV Negative AIDS.

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Am I the only one this does not make sense to? If HIV causes AIDS than how can the lack of it also cause AIDS?

I have read the explinations but they seem contrived. Has anyone else had doubts about this? I would love to hear your views.

Jessie Read more »

IS THERE SUCH THING AS HIV-NEGATIVE AIDS?

Posted by bura, 3 Replies

As per the title, is there really such a thing? Read more »

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