Immediate Antiretroviral Therapy Reduces Risk of Infection-Related Cancer During Early HIV Infection

Conclusions. Immediate cART initiation significantly reduces risk of cancer. Although limited by small sample size, this benefit does not appear to be solely attributable to HIV RNA suppression and may be also mediated by other mechanisms.

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases - December 7, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Borges, A. H., Neuhaus, J., Babiker, A. G., Henry, K., Jain, M. K., Palfreeman, A., Mugyenyi, P., Domingo, P., Hoffmann, C., Read, T. R. H., Pujari, S., Meulbroek, M., Johnson, M., Wilkin, T., Mitsuyasu, R., for the INSIGHT START Study Group Tags: HIV/AIDS Source Type: research