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Why always some doctors will tel that offen ..that HIV people's Hve Risk of getting Cancer.. It's Creates Negative Feeling to wards cancer patients...I want to ask one question Can't that HIV Person Get Tb chronic Kidney disease sugar.sugar disease . They get more health problems.. But y offen Doctors Tel that abt Cancers.. Only...tb is the one of the most common in HIV..
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Dr. Anita Malik
Oncologist
18 yrs exp
Delhi
Not all cancer patients are aids patient.
In fact very few less than 1 % of cancer may have aids.
But risk of developing malignancy is more in aids patient as compare to normal population.
Try to go thru the meaning of in between lines.
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Dr. D.Shiva Prasad
Radiation Oncologist
7 yrs exp
Hyderabad
HIV is basically a immunocompromised state..wherein you have chance to get every infection is possible..of course cancer incidence is also high compared to normal population, but still rare compared to infections.
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