Non-AIDS-related malignancies: expert consensus review and practical applications from the multidisciplinary CANCERVIH Working Group

Ann Oncol. 2016 Mar;27(3):397-408. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdv606. Epub 2015 Dec 17.

Abstract

Malignancies represent a major cause of morbidity and mortality in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients. The introduction of combined antiretroviral therapy has modified the spectrum of malignancies in HIV infection with a decreased incidence of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) malignancies such as Kaposi's sarcoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma due to partial immune recovery and an increase in non-AIDS-defining malignancies due to prolonged survival. Management of HIV-infected patients with cancer requires a multidisciplinary approach, involving both oncologists and HIV physicians to optimally manage both diseases and drug interactions between anticancer and anti-HIV drugs. The French CANCERVIH group presents here a review and an experience of managing non-AIDS malignancies in HIV-infected individuals.

Keywords: AIDS; HIV; cancer; review; treatment.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / drug therapy*
  • Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active*
  • Consensus
  • Expert Testimony
  • Hodgkin Disease / epidemiology*
  • Hodgkin Disease / therapy
  • Humans
  • Prognosis
  • Risk
  • Sarcoma, Kaposi / epidemiology*
  • Sarcoma, Kaposi / therapy

Supplementary concepts

  • Non-AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma