HIV-Positive Patients Living Longer, Increasing Chance of HIV-related Cancer

Radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy is less effective for patients who have HIV when compared to the recurrence and overall survival rates in patients without HIV, reports a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium.

Advancements in HIV treatment have resulted in longer lives for patients who, as a result, have a much higher chance of developing an HIV-related cancer. However, despite using treatments that are successful in HIV-negative cancer patients, HIV-positive patients experience much worse outcomes. For more information, click here to read the full release.