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1. Letter to the editors regarding the paper: Prognostic factors in HIV-positive patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a Peruvian experience

Author

Mirtha P. Rivera-Castillo, Diana Quispe-Pineda, and Aldo J. Lucchetti

Subjects
HIV, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma, Herpesvirus 8, Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216
Abstract

Abstract Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) is a neoplasm associated with a group of malignancies called AIDs-Defining Malignancies (ADMs) in Human-Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) -patients. Similar to the case of NHL in Latin America, particularly in Peru, the amount of research done on others ADMs is limited, especially in the case of Kaposi’s Sarcoma (KS). Prior investigations have talked about the great potential risk that represents this illness in latin american population, but topics as prognosis factors are yet to be well defined. In this letter, we address the importance of investigation in this area and include previously reported data that may enlighten the current national standpoint.

Published
2018
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8. Colorectal cancer in patients with SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author

Alhumaid, Saad, Al Mutair, Abbas, Busubaih, Jawad S., Al Dossary, Nourah, Alsuliman, Murtadha, Baltyour, Sarah A., Alissa, Ibrahim, Al Hassar, Hassan I., Al Aithan, Noor A., Albassri, Hani A., AlOmran, Suliman A., ALGhazal, Raed M., Busbaih, Ahmed, Alsalem, Nasser A., Alagnam, Waseem, Alyousef, Mohammed Y., Alseffay, Abdulaziz U., Al Aish, Hussain A., Aldiaram, Ali, Al eissa, Hisham A., Alhumaid, Murtadha A., Bukhamseen, Ali N., Al mutared, Koblan M., Aljwisim, Abdullah H., Twibah, Abdullah M., AlSaeed, Meteab M., Alkhalaf, Hussien A., ALShakhs, Fatemah M., Koritala, Thoyaja, Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A., Dhama, Kuldeep, Rabaan, Ali A., and Al-Omari, Awad

Published
2022
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11. Accuracy of POC testing systems for HPV screening: the importance of disease prevalence and characteristics of the screened population

Author

Paolo Giorgi Rossi and Guglielmo Ronco

Subjects
Cervical cancer, Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, Screening, Human papillomavirus, Accuracy, Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216
Abstract

Abstract Infectious Agents and Cancer journal has recently launched a new collection of papers about “Point-of-Care (POC) for HPV-related genital cancers” putting together some interesting works on the accuracy of HPV tests for screening. This editorial initiative gave us the opportunity to reflect on the relations between accuracy measures, prevalence and characteristics of the tested population in the case of HPV-based screening. In screening test evaluation, we look at the clinical accuracy of the test as an intrinsic characteristic of the assay, which interacts with the characteristics of the population, the result being the screening performance. In the case of HPV testing, the clinical accuracy should be conceptualized in two steps, the analytical accuracy of the assay for HPV infection and the biological link between HPV infection and the target disease, i.e. the high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (hgCIN). This approach highlights that just a few false positive cases result from a lack of analytical specificity while most derive from women who have the infection but it did not progress to hgCIN. In addition, increasing prevalence of hgCIN results in relevant increases of PPV only if due or associated with exposures which increase the progression from infection to hgCIN or the duration of the latter; while an increase due to a higher prevalence of HPV infection would only marginally affect PPV. This approach may help in modelling the performance of HPV-based cervical screening.

Published
2024
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