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Hiv Survival With Lymphoma
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Probability of recurrence, survival rate, Burkitt's LymphomaDear Dr. Dezube,First of all, many thanks for your very informative answers, and what's more your genuine concern and compassion for those of us suffering this disease. I am 37, living in Germany, and was diagnosed HIV+ in March 2000 (CD4s were...
Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.
Harvard Medical School
Dear TD from Germany:Burkitt's lymphoma is a particularly aggressive form of lymphoma. This aggressiveness actually makes the lymphoma more susceptible to chemotherapy. I have many patients with Burkitt's, including some who had it in...
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I survived high grade lymphoma; Is it likely to come back?Dear Doctor, I was diagnosed with high grade B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, two years ago I... Read more »I don't believe that I will survive my recurrent lymphoma!Dr Dezube,Do you have any patients that have had 2 reoccurences of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma(NHL)... Read more »
Articles
HAART Reduces Incidence and Improves Long-Term Prognosis of Non-Hodgkin's LymphomaBackground It is clear that HIV infection markedly increases the incidence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. In the era before the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), the more advanced the HIV infection, the greater the increase in the... Read more »
Survival of HIV-Infected Injection Drug Users (IDUs) in the Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Era, Relative to Sex- and Age-Specific Survival of HIV-Uninfected IDUsIt remains unclear whether HIV-infected injection drug users (IDUs) in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) have durations of survival similar to those for comparable HIV-uninfected IDUs. The aim of the current study was to... Read more »
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Rates Lower in HAART-Treated PatientsBackground Untreated HIV infection confers a huge increase in the incidence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Understanding the extent to which HAART mitigates this risk is of vital importance to HIV-infected persons. Details of This Study Waterson... Read more »
Surviving and Thriving With AIDSFrom the articles "AIDS 201" and "Surviving and Thriving with AIDS," both by Michael Callen. c 1988, People with AIDS Coalition, Inc. reprinted with permission. I have become more convinced, as a result of my own experience with AIDS and from my... 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. Read more » HIV/HEP C/ Burkitt's lymphoma/ I WIN ALLTHREE
Posted by AaronK, 1 Reply
Infected at birth during transfusion in 83. Diagnosed in 88. 1997-2000 i was on and off meds-2000-2006 i was off medications. in 2006 i was diagnosed with Hep C, with 7tcells and with 60,000 virus count. after 7 months I was HIV Undetectable. Tcells...
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