Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research

Daniel Uribe Parra

Publications

• Research Article
  Cancer Incidence in Patients Diagnosed with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in Colombia
  Author(s): Daniel Uribe Parra, Diana Pulido, Gilberto Lopes, Patricia Sánchez Quintero, Lizbeth Acuna Merchan, Omaira Valencia Estupinan, Luis Soler and Jaime GonzalezDaniel Uribe Parra, Diana Pulido, Gilberto Lopes, Patricia Sánchez Quintero, Lizbeth Acuna Merchan, Omaira Valencia Estupinan, Luis Soler and Jaime Gonzalez
  
  Background: AIDS is associated with a number of malignancies, which in turn carry a high burden of mortality and morbidity in affected patients. This article was developed as an initiative of the High-Cost Diseases Office (CAC in Spanish) to provide the Colombian health system with evidence on the incidence of Cancer in patients diagnosed with AIDS in the country. Methods: The CAC compiled the National Cancer and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) administrative registries, which identify unique patients diagnosed with both Cancer and AIDS from 1983 to 2015. For the 736 cases found, we considered only those diagnosed with Cancer five years before a diagnosis of AIDS and all cases after the diagnosis. A final sample of 238 individuals, with age ranging from 17 to 84 years, diagnosed with AIDS between 1998 and 2015, was analyzed using Stata Software to compute Standardized Incidence Ra.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6113.1000692

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