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"Because prison inmates constitute one of the highest HIV/AIDS prevalent populations in the US, understanding the link between HIV infection and cancer in the correctional setting holds particular public health relevance."

"The study population consisted of 336,668 Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice inmates who were incarcerated, for any duration, between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 2001. Inmates diagnosed with HIV infection exhibited elevated rates of KS, NHL, anal cancer, and Hodgkin's disease, after adjusting for age and race," wrote J. Baillargeon and coworkers.

"The elevated rates of cancer among HIV-infected individuals, particularly prison inmates, may be mediated, in part, by high-risk behaviors. HIV-associated risk behaviors, including unsafe sexual practices, injection drug use, and prostitution may be associated with cancer-related risk behaviors, such as smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, and poor diet," said investigators.

The authors concluded, "It will be important for future investigators to examine the association between HIV infection and cancer risk with sufficiently large study cohorts and appropriate longitudinal designs."

Baillargeon and colleagues published their study in International Journal of STD & AIDS (The association of neoplasms and HIV infection in the correctional setting. Int J STD AIDS. 2004 May;15(5):348-51.

For more information, contact J. Baillargeon, University of Texas, Health Science Center, Center Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr., San Antonio, TX 78284 USA.

Publisher contact information for the International Journal of STD & AIDS is: Royal Society Medicine Press Ltd., 1 Wimpole St., London W1G 0AE, England.

The information in this article comes under the major subject areas of AIDS/HIV, Epidemiology, Oncology, and Risk Factor.

This article was prepared by AIDS Weekly editors from staff and other reports.

Reference

Baillargeon J, Pollock BH, Leach CT, et al., "The association of neoplasms and HIV infection in the correctional setting", Int J STD AIDS. 2004 May;15(5):348-51.

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