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People with HIV may benefit from earlier lung cancer screening

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Subhashini Sellers at CROI 2019. Photo by Liz Highleyman.

People living with HIV, especially women, may develop lung cancer at an earlier age and with a less extensive smoking history than people in the general population, according to a study presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2019) last week in Seattle. These findings suggest that lung cancer screening guidelines like those in the United States may miss many HIV-positive people who could benefit from earlier detection and treatment.  Read More

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