Cancers (Jul 2023)

Trends in Cancer Incidence in Different Antiretroviral Treatment-Eras amongst People with HIV

  • Lauren Greenberg,
  • Lene Ryom,
  • Elzbieta Bakowska,
  • Ferdinand Wit,
  • Heiner C. Bucher,
  • Dominique L. Braun,
  • Andrew Phillips,
  • Caroline Sabin,
  • Antonella d’Arminio Monforte,
  • Robert Zangerle,
  • Colette Smith,
  • Stéphane De Wit,
  • Fabrice Bonnet,
  • Christian Pradier,
  • Cristina Mussini,
  • Camilla Muccini,
  • Jörg J. Vehreschild,
  • Jennifer Hoy,
  • Veronica Svedhem,
  • Jose M. Miró,
  • Jan-Christian Wasmuth,
  • Peter Reiss,
  • Josep M. Llibre,
  • Nikoloz Chkhartishvili,
  • Christoph Stephan,
  • Camilla I. Hatleberg,
  • Bastian Neesgaard,
  • Lars Peters,
  • Nadine Jaschinski,
  • Nikos Dedes,
  • Elena Kuzovatova,
  • Marc Van Der Valk,
  • Marianna Menozzi,
  • Clara Lehmann,
  • Kathy Petoumenos,
  • Harmony Garges,
  • Jim Rooney,
  • Lital Young,
  • Jens D. Lundgren,
  • Loveleen Bansi-Matharu,
  • Amanda Mocroft,
  • on behalf of the RESPOND and D:A:D Study Groups

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15143640
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 14
p. 3640

Abstract

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Despite cancer being a leading comorbidity amongst individuals with HIV, there are limited data assessing cancer trends across different antiretroviral therapy (ART)-eras. We calculated age-standardised cancer incidence rates (IRs) from 2006–2021 in two international cohort collaborations (D:A:D and RESPOND). Poisson regression was used to assess temporal trends, adjusted for potential confounders. Amongst 64,937 individuals (31% ART-naïve at baseline) and 490,376 total person-years of follow-up (PYFU), there were 3763 incident cancers (IR 7.7/1000 PYFU [95% CI 7.4, 7.9]): 950 AIDS-defining cancers (ADCs), 2813 non-ADCs, 1677 infection-related cancers, 1372 smoking-related cancers, and 719 BMI-related cancers (groups were not mutually exclusive). Age-standardised IRs for overall cancer remained fairly constant over time (8.22/1000 PYFU [7.52, 8.97] in 2006–2007, 7.54 [6.59, 8.59] in 2020–2021). The incidence of ADCs (3.23 [2.79, 3.72], 0.99 [0.67, 1.42]) and infection-related cancers (4.83 [4.2, 5.41], 2.43 [1.90, 3.05]) decreased over time, whilst the incidence of non-ADCs (4.99 [4.44, 5.58], 6.55 [5.67, 7.53]), smoking-related cancers (2.38 [2.01, 2.79], 3.25 [2.63–3.96]), and BMI-related cancers (1.07 [0.83, 1.37], 1.88 [1.42, 2.44]) increased. Trends were similar after adjusting for demographics, comorbidities, HIV-related factors, and ART use. These results highlight the need for better prevention strategies to reduce the incidence of NADCs, smoking-, and BMI-related cancers.

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