Cancer Incidence Rates and Burden Among HIV-Infected Adults in the U.S.

As mortality has decreased among persons with HIV, patients are living longer; the proportion over the age of 45 is projected to increase to 69.1% by 2030. As a result, AIDS-defining cancers (Kaposi sarcoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and cervical cancer) are expected to be less common and non–AIDS-defining cancers to become more frequent. To project cancer incidence rates and burden among persons with HIV in the U.S. through 2030, investigators analyzed data from the National Cancer Institute HIV/AIDS Cancer Match Study (http://www.hivmatch.cancer.gov).

The number of adults living with HIV is estimated to increase from 1.06 million in 2006 to 1.17 million in 2018 and decrease to 1.09 million by 2030; an estimated 21.4% will be older than 65 and …