Invasive cervical cancer and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection at Tygerberg Academic Hospital in the period 2003–2007: demographics and characteristics

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AbstractBackground: Despite the prevalence of HIV infection in women with pre-invasive and invasive cervical diseases managed at the Gynaecologic Oncology unit of Tygerberg Hospital, there is a lack of local data on the effect HIV/AIDS has on invasive cervical cancer cases managed at this large tertiary institution. Cervical cancer is the most common gynaecological malignancy at Tygerberg Hospital.Objectives: To establish the following in the local cervical cancer population: (1) HIV prevalence; (2) demographics and clinical characteristics (i.e. stage, histology) in HIV seronegative and seropositive women.Methods: A retrospective, descriptive study. Study population: all cases of HIV/AIDS-affected women diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer and managed at the combined gynaecological oncology clinic in Tygerberg Hospital (TBH) compared with HIV/AIDS-unaffected women with cervical cancer 2003–2007; with a follow-up period ending 31 December 2009.Results: In the period 2003–2007, 913 cases of invasive cer...