PREVALENCE OF HIV INFECTION AMONG ORAL CANCER PATIENTS- 5 YEAR TERTIARY CANCER CENTRE EXPERIENCE

Dr Rajani B C, Dr Nadimul Hoda, Dr K S Sabitha, Dr Veerbhadra Kalyani, Dr Vijayabanu

Abstract


The rising rate of cancer is a problem all over the world, including India.  Recent research has shown that HIV-infected individuals have elevated rates of several cancers, and that an increasing proportion of these cancers are now non-AIDS related malignancies.HIV-infected individuals have a higher incidence of both virus-related cancers, and tobacco/alcohol-related cancers, due to higher prevalence of HIV-induced inflammation, immunodeficiency, and tobacco use among HIV-infected compared with HIV-uninfected individual. Our study attempted to estimate the prevalence of HIV positivity among patients diagnosed with oral cavity cancers

Keywords


Oral cancer, HIV positivity, anti retroviral therapy, prevalence

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