How To Treat Lung Cancer And Hiv

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Using Cancer Drugs to Treat HIV

I have heard that there is a <a href="/content/news/art58192.html" target="_blank">study out of the University of Minnesota has used two Cancer Drugs</a>, decitabine and gemcitabine to effectively Force the Virus to...

Response from Joseph McGowan, M.D., F.A.C.P.

North Shore University Hospital

Thank you for sharing this info.The study utilizes 2 drugs that are used for other conditions (one for a precancerous blood disorder and the other for lung cancer) and combines them together. They take advantage of a feature of HIV that has been... Read more »

My daughter was treated for cervical cancer. Is she at greater risk for more cancers?

My daughter has been HIV positive for 7 years. In the summer she had a hysterectomy due to... Read more »

Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D. »

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... Read more »

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Articles

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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 »

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 Infection Raises Lung Cancer Risk: Study

Persons with HIV infection are at higher risk for developing lung cancer, independent of cigarette smoking, a new study found. Dr. Gregory D. Kirk of the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and colleagues... Read more »

Lung Cancer in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study: Role of Smoking, Immunodeficiency and Pulmonary Infection

"Immunodeficiency and AIDS-related pulmonary infections have been suggested as independent causes of lung cancer among HIV-infected persons, in addition to smoking," the authors wrote. The researchers identified 68 lung cancer cases in the Swiss... Read more »

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HIV / Cancer

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I have gone through two diagnoses within a few months of each other this year: HIV + and Lymphoma (Hodgkins Disease). I have been treated for the HIV since my dx in April, and doing fine so far. I am currently in chemotherapy tx as well for the HD... Read more »

Fighting HIV with cancer drugs

Posted by new2this2010, 3 Replies

Looks very very promising:

http://www.walb.com/global/story.asp?s=13054103 Read more »

treating hiv holistic healthwise

Posted by taian, 2 Replies

anyone involved treating hiv with herbology,using colloidal silver regime or other w/good results Read more »

My doctor is refusing to treat my HIV until I sign

Posted by Garth, 2 Replies

Hello world,
As a newly diagnosed HIV gay man, living in Edmonton Alberta, ( diagnosed 1 year now) I am facing what I beleive to be discrimination and bullying by my doctor. My counts when first diagnosed were CD4 500 and viral load 16,000. Over... Read more »

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