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Prognosis of patients with AIDS-associated Kaposi's sarcoma receiving antiretroviral therapy +/- chemotherapy in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa: an analysis of 1-yr survival data from NCT00380770

Authors: TS Uldrick, A Mosam, F Shaik, G Friedland, D Skadden, JP Jordaan, J Aboobaker and HM Coovadia

Genetically restricted HIV-1 sub populations are associated with and migrate within metastatic sites of AIDS-related lymphoma

Authors: MS McGrath, M Salemi, R Grey, D Galligan and SL Lamers

Tobacco, alcohol and use of other recreational drugs within HIV-infected treated cohorts: the IeDEA West Africa collaboration

Authors: A Jaquet, DK Ekouevi, J Bashi, M Aboubakrine, E Messou, M Maiga, D Zannou, C Guei, O Ba-Gomis, A Minga, G Allou, J Sasco and F Dabis

Trends in cancer incidence among HIV-infected persons in California, 1996–2006

Authors: MJ Silverberg, WA Leyden, C Chao, M Horberg, D Klein, W Towner and DI Abrams

Interim results of a clinical trial using oncolytic virotherapy in Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) associated-Multicentric Castleman's Disease (MCD)

Authors: R Yarchoan, D O'Mahony, K Aleman, KM Wyvill, D Whitby, W Bernstein, S Pittaluga, ES Jaffe, G Tosato, DA Davis, SM Steinberg and RF Little

Preliminary findings on cancer incidence in HIV-infected persons from six countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean

Authors: DR Masys, F Fang, I Ye, V Fink, E Gotuzzo, D Padgett, JW Pape, C Cortes, M Bacon and M Schechter

Kaposi's sarcoma-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (KS-IRIS) in Africa: initial findings from a prospective evaluation

Authors: JN Martin, M Laker, A Kambugu, D Janka, J Orem, A Mwaka, T Maurer and EK Mbidde

Distribution, characteristics, and prognostic of AIDS and non-AIDS cancers in HIV-infected patients, the ONCOVIH study

Authors: E Lanoy, JP Spano, F Bonnet, F Boué, C Katlama and D Costagliola

Early events of B-cell receptor signaling are not essential for the proliferation and viability of AIDS-related lymphoma

Authors: P Lu, C Yang, I Guasparri, W Harrington, YL Wang and E Cesarman

Epidemiology of non-keratinocytic skin cancers among persons with AIDS in the United States

Authors: E Lanoy, GM Dores, MM Madeleine, JR Toro, JF Fraumeni and EA Engels

AIDS-associated Kaposi sarcoma in Uganda: response to treatment with highly active antiretroviral therapy and chemotherapy

Authors: HQ Nguyen, F Okuku, F Ssewankambo, AS Magaret, C Johnston, A Wald, A Kambugu, L Corey, J Orem and C Casper

A population-based study of how children are exposed to saliva in Africa: implications for KSHV transmission

Authors: LM Butler, S Mzolo, A Mosam and JN Martin

Immunodeficiency, HIV RNA plasma viral load and risk of AIDS-defining and non-AIDS-defining neoplasia, ANRS CO3 Aquitaine Cohort (1998–2006)

Authors: M Bruyand, R Thiebaut, F Dabis, S Lawson-Ayayi, P Joly, AJ Sasco, P Mercie, JL Pellegrin, S Geffard, D Neau, P Morlat, G Chene and F Bonnet

Development and application of a real time PCR assay for detection and quantification of merkel cell virus (MCV) in archived formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue samples of merkel cell carcinoma and other cancers

Authors: R Modali, J Goedert, E Engels, LW Ayers and K Bhatia

Incidence of cervical disease associated to HPV in human immunodeficiency infected women under highly active antiretroviral therapy

Women infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may be at higher risk of developing cervical cancer than non infected women. In a pilot study, we assessed the relationships among cervical cytology abnor...

Authors: Martin Luther Koanga Mogtomo, Louise Carole Gouabe Malieugoue, Carolle Djiepgang, Michel Wankam, Andre Moune and Annie Ngono Ngane

Classification of weakly carcinogenic human papillomavirus types: addressing the limits of epidemiology at the borderline

Virtually all cases of cervical cancer are caused by persistent infections with a restricted set of human papillomaviruses (HPV). Some HPV types, like HPV16 and HPV18, are clear and powerful carcinogens. Howev...

Authors: Mark Schiffman, Gary Clifford and Franco M Buonaguro

The evolving definition of carcinogenic human papillomavirus

Thirteen human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes have been judged to be carcinogenic or probably carcinogenic, and the cause of virtually all cervical cancer worldwide. Other HPV genotypes could possibly be invol...

Authors: Philip E Castle

Analysis of colorectal cancers for human cytomegalovirus presence

A possible association between human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection and colorectal cancer progression has been inferred by the identification in tumour tissues of HCMV antigens and specific viral DNA or RNA ...

Authors: Cecilia Bender, Donato Zipeto, Carlo Bidoia, Silvia Costantini, Alberto Zamò, Fabio Menestrina and Umberto Bertazzoni

Erratum to: Antiviral therapy in acute viral hepatitis B: why and when

Correction to Morelli G, Perrella A, Sbreglia C, Bellopede P, Riccio V, Perrella O: Antiviral therapy in acute viral hepatitis B: why and when. Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009, 4:2.

Authors: Giuseppe Morelli, Alessandro Perrella, Costanza Sbreglia, Pasquale Bellopede, Vincenzo Riccio, Antonio Monaco and Oreste Perrella

Cancer risk in persons with HIV/AIDS in India: a review and future directions for research

India has a large and evolving HIV epidemic. Little is known about cancer risk in Indian persons with HIV/AIDS (PHA) but risk is thought to be low.

Authors: Robert J Biggar, Anil K Chaturvedi, Kishor Bhatia and Sam M Mbulaiteye

Human papillomavirus type 16 variants in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and invasive carcinoma in San Luis Potosí City, Mexico

In San Luis Potosí City cervical infection by human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16) associated to dysplastic lesions is more prevalent in younger women. In this work HPV16 subtypes and variants associated to lo...

Authors: Rubén López-Revilla, Marco A Pineda, Julio Ortiz-Valdez, Mireya Sánchez-Garza and Lina Riego

Comparison of knowledge and attitudes toward cancer among African Americans

It has been noted that the African American population in the U.S. bears disproportionately higher cancer morbidity and mortality rates than any racial and ethnic group for most major cancers. Many studies als...

Authors: Natalie Thurman, Camille Ragin, Dwight E Heron, Renae J Alford, Cecile Andraos-Selim, Cornelius Bondzi, Jamila A Butcher, Jamison C Coleman, Charity Glass, Barbara Klewien, Aerie T Minor, Diana J Williams and Emanuela Taioli

Fear and loathing in the Caribbean: three studies of fear and cancer screening in Brooklyn's immigrant Caribbean subpopulations

Authors: Nathan S Consedine, Brenda A Adjei, David Horton, Andrew K Joe, Luisa N Borrell, Paul Michael Ramirez, Tracey Ungar, James M McKiernan, Judith S Jacobson, Carol Magai and Alfred I Neugut

Leptin levels and leptin receptor polymorphism frequency in healthy populations

The leptin receptor gene (LEPR) polymorphism Q223R is one of the most common in the general population, and is thought to be associated with an impaired signaling capacity of the leptin receptor and with higher m...

Authors: Camille C Ragin, Cher Dallal, Michael Okobia, Francesmary Modugno, Jiangying Chen, Seymour Garte and Emanuela Taioli

Cytochrome P450 1B1 Val432Leu polymorphism and breast cancer risk in Nigerian women: a case control study

Cytochrome P450 1B1 (CYP1B1) is active in the metabolism of estrogens to reactive catechols and of different procarcinogens. Several studies have investigated the relationship between genetic polymorphisms of CYP...

Authors: Michael N Okobia, Clareann H Bunker, Seymour J Garte, Joseph M Zmuda, Emmanuel R Ezeome, Stanley NC Anyanwu, Emmanuel EO Uche, Usifo Osime, Joseph Ojukwu, Lewis H Kuller, Robert E Ferrell and Emanuela Taioli

High-risk and multiple human papillomavirus (HPV) infections in cancer-free Jamaican women

Vaccines, that target human papillomavirus (HPV) high risk genotypes 16 and 18, have recently been developed. This study was aimed at determining genotypes commonly found in high-risk and multiple-HPV infectio...

Authors: Angela Watt, David Garwood, Maria Jackson, Novie Younger, Camille Ragin, Monica Smikle, Horace Fletcher and Norma McFarlane-Anderson

Knowledge about human papillomavirus and the HPV vaccine – a survey of the general population

The United States (US) Food & Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine with the purpose of reducing the risk of cervical cancers caused by HPV 16 and HPV 18. It is impor...

Authors: Camille C Ragin, Robert P Edwards, Jade Jones, Natalie E Thurman, Kourtney L Hagan, Erin A Jones, Cierra M Moss, Ar'Lena C Smith, Aletha Akers, Susanne M Gollin, Dwight E Heron, Cecile Andraos-Selim, Cornelius Bondzi, Linda Robertson and Emanuela Taioli

Comparisons of high-risk cervical HPV infections in Caribbean and US populations

Disparities in cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates exist among women of African ancestry (African-American, African-Caribbean and African). Persistent cervical infection with Human papillomavirus (HP...

Authors: Camille C Ragin, Angela Watt, Nina Markovic, Clareann H Bunker, Robert P Edwards, Stacy Eckstein, Horace Fletcher, David Garwood, Susanne M Gollin, Maria Jackson, Alan L Patrick, M Smikle, Emanuela Taioli, Victor W Wheeler, Jacque B Wilson, N Younger…

The prevalence of cervical cytology abnormalities and human papillomavirus in women infected with the human immunodeficiency virus

The human papillomavirus (HPV) is the major etiologic agent in the development of cervical cancer and its natural history of infection is altered in persons infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)...

Authors: Dionne N Dames, Camille Ragin, Andrea Griffith-Bowe, Perry Gomez and Raleigh Butler

Ethnicity and cancer in Guyana, South America

The Cancer Registry of Guyana, a population-based registry was established in 2000. Over the past eight years, data has been collected from the national referral hospital and other public and private instituti...

Authors: Wallis S Best Plummer, Premini Persaud and Penelope J Layne

Association of self-reported consumption of cooked meat, fish, seafood and eggs with prostate cancer risk among Nigerians

Authors: Flora A Ukoli, Khandaker Taher, Eruke Egbagbe, Mbeja Lomotey, Temple Oguike, Phillip Akumabor, Usifo Osime and Derrick Beech

Are food patterns associated with prostate cancer in Jamaican men: a preliminary report

Morbidity and mortality data highlight prostate cancer as the most commonly diagnosed neoplasm in Jamaican males. This report examines the association between dietary patterns and risk of prostate cancer in Ja...

Authors: Maria Jackson, Susan Walker, Candace Simpson, Norma McFarlane-Anderson and Franklyn Bennett

Surgical versus medical castration in the Bahamas: a male macho paradox

Authors: Robin Roberts

Microarray comparison of prostate tumor gene expression in African-American and Caucasian American males: a pilot project study

African American Men are 65% more likely to develop prostate cancer and are twice as likely to die of prostate cancer, than are Caucasian American Males. The explanation for this glaring health disparity is st...

Authors: R Renee Reams, Deepak Agrawal, Melissa B Davis, Sean Yoder, Folakemi T Odedina, Nagi Kumar, Joseph M Higginbotham, Titilola Akinremi, Sandra Suther and Karam FA Soliman

Prostate cancer disparities in Black men of African descent: a comparative literature review of prostate cancer burden among Black men in the United States, Caribbean, United Kingdom, and West Africa

African American men have the highest prostate cancer morbidity and mortality rates than any other racial or ethnic group in the US. Although the overall incidence of and mortality from prostate cancer has bee...

Authors: Folakemi T Odedina, Titilola O Akinremi, Frank Chinegwundoh, Robin Roberts, Daohai Yu, R Renee Reams, Matthew L Freedman, Brian Rivers, B Lee Green and Nagi Kumar

The Second International African-Caribbean Cancer Consortium for the study of viral, genetic and environmental cancer risk factors

Authors: Camille Ragin and Emanuela Taioli

Antiviral therapy in acute viral hepatitis B: why and when

Acute viral hepatitis B is cleared in more than 95% of patients, while the remainder ones may develop either chronic HBV infection or, rarely, fulminant hepatitis.

Authors: Giuseppe Morelli, Alessandro Perrella, Costanza Sbreglia, Pasquale Bellopede, Vincenzo Riccio and Oreste Perrella

Primary bilateral adrenal B-cell lymphoma associated with EBV and JCV infection

Primary lymphoma of the adrenal gland is a rare and highly aggressive disease, with only a few reports in the literature. The pathogenesis is unknown, but detection of Epstein Barr virus (EBV) genome sequences...

Authors: Luisa Barzon, Marta Trevisan, Filippo Marino, Vincenza Guzzardo and Giorgio Palù

Guidelines of the Italian Society for Virology on HPV testing and vaccination for cervical cancer prevention

To provide guidelines for health-care providers on strategies for cervical cancer prevention based on HPV testing and anti-HPV vaccination.

Authors: Luisa Barzon, Colomba Giorgi, Franco M Buonaguro and Giorgio Palù

Molecular and phylogenetic analysis of HIV-1 variants circulating in Italy

The continuous identification of HIV-1 non-B subtypes and recombinant forms in Italy indicates the need of constant molecular epidemiology survey of genetic forms circulating and transmitted in the resident po...

Authors: Luigi Buonaguro, Annacarmen Petrizzo, Maria Tagliamonte, Francesca Vitone, Maria Carla Re, Elisabetta Pilotti, Claudio Casoli, Costanza Sbreglia, Oreste Perrella, Maria Lina Tornesello and Franco M Buonaguro

Genital and cutaneous human papillomavirus (HPV) types in relation to conjunctival squamous cell neoplasia: A case-control study in Uganda

We investigated the role of infection with genital and cutaneous human papillomavirus types (HPV) in the aetiology of ocular surface squamous neoplasia (which includes both conjunctival intraepithelial neoplas...

Authors: Maurits NC de Koning, Keith Waddell, Joseph Magyezi, Karin Purdie, Charlotte Proby, Catherine Harwood, Sebastian Lucas, Robert Downing, Wim GV Quint and Robert Newton

Antibodies to the CD4-binding site of HIV-1 gp120 suppress gp120-specific CD4 T cell response while enhancing antibody response

The binding of Abs to the CD4-binding site (CD4bs) of HIV-1 envelope gp120 has been shown to obstruct the processing and generation of helper epitopes from this antigen, resulting in poor presentation of vario...

Authors: Maria Luisa Visciano, Michael Tuen, Pei-de Chen and Catarina E Hioe

Human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) sero-detection and HIV association in Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), non-KS tumors and non-neoplastic conditions

The association of the human herpesvirus-8/Kaposi's sarcoma (KS)-associated herpesvirus (HHV-8/KSHV) serology with various malignancies in Tanzania is not currently well established while previous studies were...

Authors: Amos R Mwakigonja, Pawan Pyakurel, Parviz Kokhaei, Fatemeh Pak, Leonard K Lema, Ephata E Kaaya and Peter Biberfeld

Clinical and epidemiological correlates of antibody response to human papillomaviruses (HPVs) as measured by a novel ELISA based on denatured recombinant HPV16 late (L) and early (E) antigens

At present, seroreactivity is not a valuable parameter for diagnosis of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection but, it is potentially valuable as marker of viral exposure in elucidating the natural history of th...

Authors: Colomba Giorgi, Paola Di Bonito, Felicia Grasso, Stefania Mochi, Luisa Accardi, Maria Gabriella Donà, Margherita Branca, Silvano Costa, Luciano Mariani, Alberto Agarossi, Marco Ciotti and Kari Syrjänen

Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and intraepithelial neoplasia and invasive cancer of the uterine cervix: a case-control study in Zaragoza, Spain

The raw incidence of cancer of the uterine cervix is Spain is 7,8 per 100.000 inhabitants (adjusted incidence is 5.6). The incidence of this tumor is still low, but a steady increase has been seen, probably re...

Authors: Milagros Bernal, Isabel Burillo, Jose I Mayordomo, Manuel Moros, Rafael Benito and Joaquina Gil

Cervical human papillomavirus infection among female sex workers in southern Vietnam

Cervical cancer is the most frequently diagnosed malignancy among women in southern Vietnam where its incidence is one of the highest observed worldwide.

Authors: Brenda Y Hernandez and Thuong Vu Nguyen

Characterisation of human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes in the Azorean population, Terceira island

Human papillomavirus detection is very important for the evaluation of prevention strategies in cervical cancer. In the Azorean population, the virus prevalence has never been studied, and there is no data ava...

Authors: Isa Dutra, Margarida R Santos, Marta Soares, Ana R Couto, Maria Bruges-Armas, Fernando Teixeira, Luísa Monjardino, Shirley Hodgson and Jácome Bruges-Armas

HPV type infection in different anogenital sites among HIV-positive Brazilian women

To evaluate the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) types, and risk factors for HPV positivity across cervix, vagina and anus, we conducted a study among 138 women with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Authors: Maria Alice G Gonçalves, Giorgia Randi, Annie Arslan, Luisa L Villa, Marcelo N Burattini, Silvia Franceschi, Eduardo Antonio Donadi and Eduardo Massad

The Rho-activating CNF1 toxin from pathogenic E. coli: A risk factor for human cancer development?

Nowadays, there is increasing evidence that some pathogenic bacteria can contribute to specific stages of cancer development. The concept that bacterial infection could be involved in carcinogenesis acquired a...

Authors: Sara Travaglione, Alessia Fabbri and Carla Fiorentini

Mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV)-like DNA sequences in the breast tumors of father, mother, and daughter

The diagnosis of late onset breast cancer in a father, mother, and daughter living in the same house for decades suggested the possibility of an environmental agent as a common etiological factor. Both molecul...

Authors: Polly R Etkind, Alexandre FR Stewart and Peter H Wiernik