Risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma subtypes in HIV-infected people during the HAART era: a population-based study

Gibson, Todd M.; Morton, Lindsay M.; Shiels, Meredith S.; Clarke, Christina A.; Engels, Eric A.

doi:10.1097/QAD.0000000000000428

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Risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma subtypes in HIV-infected people during the HAART era: a population-based study

Sep 24 2014

By Gibson, Todd M. ; Morton, Lindsay M. ; Shiels, Meredith S. ; ...

http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000000428

Source: AIDS. 2014; 28(15):2313-2318.

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Alternative Title:

AIDS

Publisher's site:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000000428

Personal Author:

Gibson, Todd M. ; Morton, Lindsay M. ; Shiels, Meredith S. ; Clarke, Christina A. ; Engels, Eric A.

Description:

Objective

HIV-infected people have greatly elevated risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), particularly the AIDS-defining NHL subtypes: diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, Burkitt lymphoma and primary lymphomas arising in the central nervous system. The goals of this analysis were to comprehensively describe risks of NHL subtypes, especially those not well studied, among HIV/AIDS patients; examine risks specifically in the HAART era; and distinguish risks in HIV-infected individuals prior to diagnosis with AIDS.

Design

Population-based registry linkage study.

Methods

We used data from the US HIV/AIDS Cancer Match Study from 1996 to 2010 (N = 273 705) to calculate standardized incidence ratios (SIRs) comparing subtype specific NHL risks in HIV-infected people to those in the general population, and used Poisson regression to test for differences in SIRs between the HIV-only and AIDS periods.

Results

NHL risk was elevated 11-fold compared to the general population, but varied substantially by subtype. AIDS-defining NHL subtypes comprised the majority, and risks were high (SIRs ≥ 17), but risks were also increased for some T-cell lymphomas (SIRs = 3.6–14.2), marginal zone lymphoma (SIR = 2.4), lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma/Waldenström macroglobulinemia (SIR = 3.6), and acute lymphoblastic leuke mia/lymphoma (SIR = 2.4).

Conclusion

HIV-infected people in the HAART era continue to have elevated risk of AIDS-defining NHL subtypes, highlighting the contribution of moderate and severe immunosuppression to their cause. Whereas non-AIDS-defining subtypes are much less common, immunosuppression or other dysregulated immune states likely play a role in the cause of some T-cell lymphomas, marginal zone lymphoma, lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma/Waldenström macroglobulinemia, and acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lym phoma.

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Source:

AIDS. 2014; 28(15):2313-2318.

Pubmed ID:

25111081

Pubmed Central ID:

PMC4260326

Document Type:

Journal Article

Funding:

5U58DP000812-03/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; 5U58DP000824-04/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; 5U58DP003875-01/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; 5U58DP003931-02/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; HHSN261201000024C/PHS HHS/United States ; ... More +