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A Cure for HPV? Not So Fast…

Can photodynamic therapy eliminate the virus than causes cervical, anal and oral cancer?

Published
11 February 2019
From
Poz
Health problems
Smoking, cholesterol, blood pressure are more important causes of disease than HIV in people living with HIV

Preventing smoking, lowering cholesterol, controlling blood pressure and curing hepatitis C would greatly reduce the burden of heart attacks, non-AIDS cancers and end-stage liver disease and kidney

Published
11 February 2019
By
Keith Alcorn
Cancer
Study finds HIV+ cancer patients benefit from immunotherapy

The immunotherapy that has revolutionized treatment of many cancers appears to offer similar benefit to cancer patients living with HIV.

Published
08 February 2019
From
Eurekalert Inf Dis
Cancer
HIV infection an independent risk factor for poorer survival from liver cancer

Infection with HIV is associated with significantly worse survival for people with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC, the most common type of primary liver cancer), according to findings from a

Published
01 February 2019
By
Michael Carter
Cancer
HIV-positive women less likely to be treated successfully for cervical pre-cancer

Women living with HIV are more likely than HIV-negative women to have residual or recurring abnormal cells after treatment for pre-cancerous cervical lesions, according to research recently published

Published
28 January 2019
By
Liz Highleyman
Cancer
Undiagnosed HBV, HCV, HIV prevalent in newly diagnosed cancer cases

Researchers discovered a substantial proportion of patients with newly diagnosed cancer and concurrent hepatitis C or hepatitis B were unaware of their viral infection and many had no identifiable risk factors, according to a recently published study.

Published
18 January 2019
From
Healio
Cancer
Exercise Tied to Lower Liver Cancer Risk

Those who exercise build up less liver fat, which is tied to inflammation that may give rise to cancer.

Published
15 January 2019
From
Poz
Hepatitis C symptoms and diagnosis
Co-infection with HIV and HCV does not increase the risk of end-stage liver disease or liver cancer

People with HIV and hepatitis C are no longer at higher risk of end-stage liver disease than people with hepatitis C alone, and the trend is probably

Published
14 January 2019
By
Keith Alcorn
Cancer
Cancer Concerns

People with HIV are increasingly being diagnosed with a non-AIDS-defining cancer for a second time, a phenomenon driven in part by longer life spans.

Published
08 January 2019
From
Poz
Cancer
HPV Biomarkers Predict Risk for Anal Precancer in MSM and Who Have HIV

Among men who have HIV who also have sex with men (MSM), human papillomavirus (HPV)-related biomarkers provide long-term risk stratification for anal precancers, according to results published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Published
28 December 2018
From
Infectious Disease Advisor
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Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

Together, we can make it happen

We can end HIV soon if people have equal access to HIV drugs as treatment and as PrEP, and have free choice over whether to take them.

Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

The Community Consensus Statement is a joint initiative of AVAC, EATG, MSMGF, GNP+, HIV i-Base, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ITPC and NAM/aidsmap
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