AEGiS-GMHC: IN BRIEF: Advanced Notes From The International Conference On AIDS

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IN BRIEF: Advanced Notes From The International Conference On AIDS

Gay Men's Health Crisis Treatment Issues, Vol. 5, No. 5 - June 20, 1991
David Barr

A review of the advanced program for the VII International Conference on AIDS in Florence, shows a strong bias for presentations on basic research. This means that the majority of the medical presentations will have little or no practical clinical value for people with symptomatic HIV infection. A distressingly small number of presentations will focus on treatments that have been tested in people. Very few sessions deal with treatment or prevention of opportunistic infections. Six presentations will be made on cancers: two of those deal with non-HIV related KS. The most relevant clinical information from this conference will most likely be found in the published abstracts and posters that were not accepted as oral presentations. It is our hope that reviewers for future International AIDS conferences will weigh the needs and interests of researchers and clinicians in a more equal manner.

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