Browsing by Author "Van Der Made, T."
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- ItemThe impact of HIV infection on the presentation of lung cancer in South Africa(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2016) Koegelenberg, C. F. N.; Van Der Made, T.; Taljaard, J. J.; Irusen, E. M.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Background. Despite the very high background prevalence of HIV and smoking-related diseases in sub-Saharan Africa, very little is known about the presentation of lung cancer in HIV-infected individuals. Methods. We prospectively compared HIV-positive (n=44) and HIV-negative lung cancer patients (n=425) with regard to demographics, cell type, performance status and umour node metastasis staging at initial presentation. Results. HIV-positive patients were found to be younger than HIV-negative (mean 54.1 (standard deviation (SD) 8.4) years v. 60.5 (10) years, p<0.01), more likely to have squamous cell carcinoma (43.2% v. 30.1%, p=0.07) and significantly more likely to have a poor Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of ≥3 (47.7% v. 29.4%, p=0.02). In the case of non-small cell-lung cancer, they were also significantly less likely to have early stage lung cancer (0% v. 10.3%, p=0.02) compared with HIV-negative patients. Conclusions. HIV-positive lung cancer patients were younger, significantly more likely to have a poor performance status at presentation and significantly less likely to have early stage lung cancer when compared with HIV-negative patients.