Author: | White, D. A. |
Article Title: | Pulmonary complications of HIV-associated malignancies |
Abstract: | Approximately 25% of patients infected with HIV will develop malignancies, most commonly Kaposi's sarcoma and non-Hodgin's lymphoma. These tumors can involve the lung, causing significant morbidity and mortality. This article discusses the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of the pulmonary complications of the malignancies associated with HIV infection. |
Keywords: | cancer chemotherapy; review; doxorubicin; cancer radiotherapy; human immunodeficiency virus infection; neoplasm; etoposide; lung cancer; nonhodgkin lymphoma; daunorubicin; bleomycin; thorax radiography; vinca alkaloid; kaposi sarcoma; anthracycline; epstein barr virus; priority journal |
Journal Title: | Clinics in Chest Medicine |
Volume: | 17 |
Issue: | 4 |
ISSN: | 0272-5231 |
Publisher: | Elsevier Inc. |
Date Published: | 1996-12-01 |
Start Page: | 755 |
End Page: | 761 |
Language: | English |
DOI: | 10.1016/s0272-5231(05)70344-0 |
PUBMED: | 9016376 |
PROVIDER: | scopus |
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Notes: | Review -- Export Date: 22 November 2017 -- Source: Scopus |