       Document 0111
 DOCN  M9610111
 TI    Linkage between AIDS surveillance system and population-based cancer
       registry data in Italy: a pilot study in Florence, 1985-90.
 DT    9601
 AU    Barchielli A; Buiatti E; Galanti C; Lazzeri V; Tuscany Cancer
       Registry/Epidemiology Unit, Center for the Study; and Prevention of
       Cancer, Florence, Italy.
 SO    Tumori. 1995 May-Jun;81(3):169-72. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96001417
 AB    The role of the Tuscany population-based Cancer Registry (TCR) in the
       assessment of cancer incidence in AIDS patients, and the completeness of
       cancer reporting to the Italian AIDS surveillance system (RAIDS) was
       evaluated through a linkage between the TCR and the RAIDS in the period
       1985-90. In the Province of Florence, the incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma
       in AIDS cases was underestimated by 24% (95% CI; 9.8%-47%; 6/25 cases)
       by RAIDS in comparison with the TCR. Of kaposi's sarcomas unknown to
       RAIDS, 2 were incident at the time of AIDS diagnosis (truly unreported
       cases) and 4 were late manifestations of AIDS. Moreover, 1 non-Hodgkin
       lymphoma unknown to RAIDS and 10 other malignancies (4 lung cancers)
       were identified through the TCR. In AIDS patients, the incidence of lung
       cancer was 95-fold (99% CI, 16-310) the expected one on the basis of
       age-sex-specific incidence rates in the general population of the same
       area. Altogether, about 25% of AIDS cases developed a cancer during HIV
       infection. In spite of the small size of the present study, the results
       confirm the role of population-based cancer registries in the assessment
       of the occurrence of malignancies in AIDS patients.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS  Adult  Female  Human
       Incidence  Italy  Male  Medical Record Linkage  Middle Age
       Neoplasms/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/*VIROLOGY  Pilot Projects  Population
       Surveillance  Registries  Support, Non-U.S. Gov't  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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