![]() ![]() The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. Larger observational studies with multivariable analysis should be done to better describe the risk of colon cancer and HIV. This is the largest series of cases of colorectal cancer in the HIV/AIDS patient population published in the English language and the largest number of colorectal ACA reported in this unique population. ![]() For NHL average survival was 29 months, and 12 months for CR-ACA. ![]() Alternating constipation and diarrhea: A more telling sign of colon cancer. The overall survival in our series was dismal, averaging 20 months. Diarrhea: Caused by an overflow of intestinal fluid around a partial obstruction. In this study, HIV positive status was a risk factor for developing colon cancer at a younger age. The progression of colon cancer can often be recognized by the following additional symptoms: Constipation: Due in part to increasing bowel obstruction. When accounting for BMI, tobacco, and alcohol use, those with HIV were 10 years younger than those without HIV, 95% CI, 7.3-13 p < 0.001. Persons with both HIV and colon cancer were more likely to have a lower BMI (p-value < 0.001) and a history of smoking and alcohol use (p-value < 0.001), compared to patients with colon cancer only. The mean age of the colon cancer patient sample was 61.62 years for those without HIV and 51.31 years for those with HIV (p-value < 0.001). Among patients with both HIV and colon cancer, 78.95% (n = 90) were men and 21.05% (n = 24) were women (p-value < 0.001). Descriptive summaries were performed for gender, age, race/ethnicity, insurance status, tobacco/alcohol use, and BMI.Īmong patients with colon cancer only, 50.51% (n = 691) were men and 49.49% (n = 677) were women. In this cohort, 114 (7.7%) of the patients also had HIV. We retrospectively reviewed all patients (n = 1482) diagnosed with colon cancer between 20 at a large urban tertiary teaching hospital using ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes. We sought to better characterize colon cancer among a predominantly Black cohort with and without HIV. Colon cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related morbidity and mortality in the USA. ![]()
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