Men with HIV in the US’s largest care provider for people with HIV were more likely to be diagnosed late with prostate cancer and less likely to undergo testing that may warn of an increased prostate cancer risk, the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2024) in Denver heard this week.
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among US military veterans living with HIV and is projected to be the most frequently diagnosed cancer among people with HIV by 2030. African American men are more likely to be diagnosed and die from prostate cancer. But unlike several cancers caused by infections, HIV and immunosupression do not increase the risk of prostate cancer.
However, there is little information on the characteristics of cancers, the stage at which prostate cancer is diagnosed in men with HIV, or the outcomes of treatment.
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