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The impact of cancer on mortality of people with AIDS

The impact of cancer on mortality of people with AIDS Antonella Zucchetto , Angela De Paoli, Simona Pennazza, Silvia Bruzzone, Jerry Polesel, Luigino Dal Maso, Giovanni Rezza, Barbara Suligoi, and Diego Serraino. National Cancer Institute “Centro di Riferimento Oncologico”, Aviano.

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The impact of cancer on mortality of people with AIDS

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  1. The impact of cancer on mortality of people with AIDS Antonella Zucchetto, Angela De Paoli, Simona Pennazza, Silvia Bruzzone, Jerry Polesel, Luigino Dal Maso, Giovanni Rezza, Barbara Suligoi, and Diego Serraino National Cancer Institute “Centro di Riferimento Oncologico”, Aviano National Health Institute, Roma National Institute of statistics, Roma

  2. Patients and methods • Population-based, retrospective cohort study • Italy, 1999-2006 • National AIDS Registry: Italian people (15+ years old) diagnosed with AIDS between 1999 and 2006 •  10,391 patients • Record-linkage with the Italian mortality database at the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT): • vital status, up to December 31, 2006  3,209 deaths • death certificates  underlying causes of death

  3. Standardized Mortality Ratios* (SMR) *Sex- & age-standardized according to Italian pop (15+ years); § Only cancer types/sites with more than 5 observed deaths. Obs: observed; Exp: expected; CI: confidence interval.

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