Issue Special Issue 1/2010
Proceedings of the 12-th International Conference on Malignancies in AIDS and Other Acquired Immunodeficiencies (ICMAOI)
Content (86 Articles)
A higher proportion of squamous intraepithelial lesion of the cervix in symptomatic HIV-infected women at a tertiary health center in Tanzania
Joseph Obure, Pendo Mlay, Gileard Masenga, Olola Oneko, David Walmer
AIDS-related Kaposi’s sarcoma: outcomes after initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy under routine conditions in Zimbabwe
Bradley Nelson, Margaret Borok, Tariro Makadzange, Tafadzwa Mhlanga, Thomas Campbell
AIDS-related lymphomas in Nigeria an emerging phenomenon
L Salawu, RA Bolarinwa, OO Lawal, AA Oyekunle, O Adeodu, EA Adejuyigbe, KA Adelusola, NO Akinola, MA Ndakotsu, MA Durosinmi
An ATM/Chk2-mediated DNA damage responsive signaling pathway suppresses Epstein-Barr virus transformation of primary human B cells
Pavel Nikitin, Chris Yan, Eleonora Forte, Alessio Bocedi, Jay Tourigny, Amee Patel, Sandeep Dave, Katherine Hu, Jing Guo, David Tainter, Olena Rusyn, Micah Luftig
Attitude of health care providers in Abia State, Nigeria, to people living with HIV and AIDS
Charles Adisa, Ugochukwu Onyeonoro, Aniele Agu, Ndukauba Eleweke, Umezurike Chisara
Bacteria-mediated reactivation of gammaherpesviruses
Terry Morris, Fang Gu, RoShaunna Rothwell, Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque
Bim nuclear translocation and inactivation by HHV-8 interferon regulatory factor 1
Young Choi, John Nicholas
C/EBPbeta mediates bortezomib-induced EBV and KSHV lytic gene expression
Courtney O'Farrell, Meir Shamay, Nene Kalu, Richard F Ambinder
Cervical cancer epidemiology among HIV-infected women in North America
Gypsyamber D'Souza, Yuezhou Jing, Howard Strickler, Michael Silverberg, Eric Engels, Ronald Bosch, John T Brooks, Robert Dubrow, Joseph Eron, Kelly Gebo, M J Gill, Bob Hogg, Mari Kitahata, Marina Klein, Richard Moore, Sean Rourke, Alison G Abraham
Challenges in integrating cervical cancer screening in HIV care clinics in West Africa: a pilot study in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Apollinaire Horo, Antoine Jaquet, Badian Toure, Didier K Ekouevi, Séverin Lenaud, Benjamin Effi, Annie J Sasco, Eugene Messou, Emmanuel Bissagniene, Mamourou Kone, François Dabis
Characterization of lytic human herpesvirus-8 gene expression in Kaposi sarcoma tumor tissue and its clinical correlates
Warren Phipps, Jackson Orem, Innocent Mutyaba, James Ferrenberg, Misty Saracino, Meei-Li Huang, Jeff Vieira, Anna Wald, Larry Corey, Corey Casper
Clinical presentation and outcome of epidemic Kaposi sarcoma in Ugandan children
Soren Gantt, Abel Kakuru, Anna Wald, Victoria Walusansa, Lawrence Corey, Corey Casper, Jackson Orem
Current epidemiology of KSHV infection in American men who have sex with men
Nazzarena Labo, Wendell Miley, Maya Kesler, Lisa Jacobson, Denise Whitby
Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma in HIV-infected patients: a report of two (2) cases
OP Oluwole, JO Adeniran, JO Taiwo, MOA Samaila
Cytosine methylation in the HPV16 3’ L1/ 5’LCR region characterized from anal epithelia of HPV-HIV coinfected men
DJ Wiley, P Barman, E Masongsong, D Elashoff, F Coutlee
Delay in anal cancer diagnosis as a non-AIDS-defining malignancy
Justine Cohen, John Stern, David Henry
Detection and quantitation of HPV in anogenital and oral tissues and fluids of HIV-positive individuals by real-time PCR
William T Seaman, Elizabeth Andrews, Marion Couch, Erna Milu Kojic, Susan Cu-Uvin, Allison M Deal, Byrd Quinlavin, Julia Seay, Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque
Development of a proteomic platform for EBV and KSHV serological screening
Leyao Wang, Dasheng Zheng, Jian Zhu, Gangling Liao, Crystal Woodard, C-J Chiou, Gary Hayward, Prashant Desai, Richard Ambinder, Heng Zhu, S Diane Hayward
Diagnosis of HIV-related malignancies in resource-constrained settings of sub-Saharan Africa, a cautionary tale for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Leona W Ayers, Robert Lukande, Lynnette K Tumwine
Distinct profiles of antibodies to Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus antigens in patients with Kaposi sarcoma, multicentric Castleman’s disease, and primary effusion lymphoma
Peter D Burbelo, Alexandra T Issa, Kathryn H Ching, Kathleen M Wyvill, Richard F Little, Michael J Iadarola, Joseph A Kovacs, Robert Yarchoan
DNA ploidy, cell proliferation, and HIV/EBV association in Tanzanian malignant lymphomas
Amos Mwakigonja, German Wannhoff, Thomas Heiden, Anna Porwit, Peter Biberfeld, Ephata Kaaya
Do people with AIDS develop cancer at younger ages than the general population?
Meredith S Shiels, Ruth M Pfeiffer, Eric A Engels
EBV-induced miR-34a functions to stimulate transformed B cell growth
Eleonora Forte, Christina Chang, Jason Tourigny, Eva Gottwein, Bryan Cullen, Sandeep Dave, Micah Luftig
Elevated serum levels of CXCL13 precede HIV-associated non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Shehnaz K Hussain, Daniel Widney, Lisa Jacobson, Elizabeth C Breen, Alexandra Levine, Roger Detels, Zuo-Feng Zhang, Otoniel Martínez-Maza
Elevated serum levels of heat shock protein 70 precede the development of AIDS-non-Hodgkin lymphoma in carriers of the common and highly conserved HLA-B8-DR3 haplotype
Brahim Aissani, Otoniel Martinez-Maza, Sadeep Shrestha, Elizabeth Breen, Lisa Jacobson, Richard Kaslow
Epidemiology of malignancies in HIV patients at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi
Elizabeth Bigger, Carol Shores, Mina Hosseinipour, Agnes Moses, Albert Mwafongo
Epigenetic deregulation of IGF2 and cervical cancer precursors in HIV+ and HIV- patients
Cathrine Hoyo, Francine Overcash, Zhiqing Huang, Olola Oneko, Brandi Vaquez, Joseph Obure, Pendo Mlay, John Bartlett, Brenda Hernandez, Susan K Murphy
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated miRNAs are important for the maintenance of EBV transformed B cells
Sarah Linnstaedt, Eva Gottwein, Micah Luftig, Bryan Cullen
Gamma-tubulin and 53BP1 as candidate biomarkers of human papillomavirus-associated anal dysplasia
Ken S Ho, Richard Day, Amy Perkins, Jia Xu, Shih-Fan Kuan, Anette Duensing, Ross D Cranston, Stefan Duensing
HAART and response to therapy improve quality of life (QOL) of African patients with advanced HIV-associated Kaposi’s sarcoma (HIV-KS): a prospective analysis of QOL in the KAART trial
Anisa Mosam, F Shaik, T Uldrick, T Esterhuizen, G Friedland, D Scadden, J Aboobaker, H Coovadia
High acceptance rate of anal pap screening despite limited knowledge about anal dysplasia among HIV+ MSM
Julia Seay, Timothy Sadiq, Katya Roytburd, Prema Menezes, E Byrd Quinlivan
HIV-associated primary lung cancer (LC) in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART): a multi-institutional collaboration
Gabriela D'Jaen, Liron Pantanowitz, Mark Bower, Susan Buskin, Nancy Neil, Erin Greco, Timothy Cooley, David Henry, Jonathan Stem, Bruce Dezube, Justin Stebbing, David Aboulafia
HIV-associated salivary gland disease: a role for BK birus
Liesl Kerlyn Jeffers, Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque
HIV-related Hodgkin lymphoma in the era of combination antiretroviral therapy: incidence, outcome, and evolution of CD4+ T cell lymphocytes
Matthias Egger
HPV genotype and EGFR activation in conjunctival carcinoma among HIV patients in East Africa
SC Remick, JJ Yu, P Fu, JJ Pink, D Dawson, J Wasman, J Orem, WO Mwanda, Y Guo, X Liang, WP Petros, RT Mitsuyasu, H Wabinga
Hsp90 is a viable therapeutic target in the treatment of KSHV-associated primary effusion lymphoma
Utthara Nayar, Pin Lu, Jelena Vider, Leandro Cerchietti, Gabriela Chiosis, Lynn Wang, Ronald Blasberg, Ethel Cesarman
Human herpesvirus type 8 variants in Kaposi's sarcoma before and after AIDS era
Maria Lina Tornesello, Benon Biryahwaho, Robert Downing, Angelo Hatzakis, Elvio Alessi, Marco Cusini, Vincenzo Ruocco, Giovanna Loquercio, Edward Katongole-Mbidde, Luigi Buonaguro, Franco M Buonaguro
Immunoglobulin abnormalities and monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance in uninfected and HIV-infected men
Elizabeth Crabb Breen, Jerry Katzmann, Robert Kyle, Roger Detels
Immunohistochemically confirmed HHV-8-related lymphoproliferative disorders in Uganda
Lynnette K Tumwine, Robert Lukande, Weiqiang Zhao, Leona W Ayers
Inhibition of KSHV-associated lymphoma engraftment in SCID mouse by morpholino oligomers
Yuchen Nan, Deendayal Patel, Yanjin Zhang
Initial experience with topical fluorouracil (5-FU) for treatment of anal intraepithelial neoplasia (AIN) in HIV-positive patients
Sean M Snyder, Lacey Siekas, David M Aboulafia
Integrative proteomics and genomics supports a role for interferon gamma in the pathogenesis of Kaposi sarcoma and finds multiple candidate diagnostic proteins for early detection or prevention
Lynn Amon, Jennifer Gross, Jackson Orem, Innocent Mutyaba, Warren Phipps, Kurt Diem, Meei-Li Huang, Lawrence Corey, Martin McIntosh, Corey Casper
Kaposi sarcoma in South African children
Cristina Stefan, David Stones, Linda Wainwright, Rob Newton
Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) serum DNA not associated with subsequent non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) risk
Dan Beachler, Lan Lin Gellert, Rich Ambinder, Lisa Jacobson, Gypsyamber D'Souza
Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus ORF57 promotes escape of viral and human IL6 RNAs from microRNA-mediated suppression
Jeong-Gu Kang, Natalia Pripuzova, Vladimir Majerciak, Shu-Yun Le, Zhi-Ming Zheng
Knowledge of HPV and cervical cancer among HIV-positive women in Lagos, Nigeria
Rose Anorlu, Maymuna Adegbesan, Temitope Adaramewa
KSHV activation, human and viral IL-6 production, and other cytokine dysregulation: Association with the symptomatology of KSHV-associated multicentric Castleman's disease
Mark N Polizzotto, Thomas S Uldrick, Victoria Wang, Karen Aleman, Kathleen M Wyvill, Vickie Marshall, Stefania Pittaluga, Dierdre O'Mahony, Denise Whitby, Giovanna Tosato, Seth M Steinberg, Richard F Little, Robert Yarchoan
KSHV interaction with Langerhans and dermal dendritic cells through C-type lectins
Giovanna Rappocciolo, Mariel Jais, Paolo Piazza, Frank Jenkins, Charles Rinaldo
KSHV-mediated ROS induction defines novel therapeutic targets in Kaposi's sarcoma
Lucas E Cavallin, Qi Ma, Pascal Goldschmidt-Clermont, Enrique A Mesri
KSHV regulation of fibulins in Kaposi's sarcoma: implications for tumorigenesis
Donald Alcendor, Susan Knobel, Wen Zhu, Prashant Desai, Gary Hayward
Liver cancers and other hepatic disease from the Adult/Adolescent Spectrum of HIV-related Diseases (ASD) Project
David Aboulafia, Susan Buskin, Elizabeth Barash, John Scott, Robert Wood
Malignancies in HIV
Nikolay A Belyakov, Zinaida M Zagdyn, Vadim V Rassochin, Tatyana N Trofimova, Alexey Y Kovelenov, Robert Dubrow, Robert Heimer
Malignant lymphoma incidence and HIV-related lymphoma subtypes in the Western Cape of South Africa, 2002-2009
E Akin Abayomi, Avril Sommers, Ravnit Grewal, Gerhard Sissolak, Fatima Bassa, Deborah Maartens, Peter Jacobs, Cristina Stefan, Leona W Ayers
Malignant lymphoma subgroups from Zaria, Nigeria, reveal absence of HIV/AIDS-related plasmablastic lymphomas and HHV-8-related lymphoproliferative disorders
Yawale Iliyasu, Weiqiang Zhao, Leona W Ayers
MicroRNA analysis in human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cervical neoplasia and cancer
Amy S Gardiner, William C McBee Jr., Robert P Edwards, Marshall Austin, Jamie L Lesnock, Rohit Bhargava, Richard Guido, Saleem A Khan
Mortality after cancer diagnosis among HIV-infected individuals in the CFAR Network of Integrated Clinical Systems (CNICS)
Chad Achenbach, Stephen Cole, Corey Casper, Mari Kitahata, James Willig, Michael Mugavero, Michael Saag
Non-AIDS-defining cancer mortality among people with AIDS in Italy
Antonella Zucchetto, Barbara Suligoi, Silvia Bruzzone, Angela De Paoli, Simona Pennazza, Jerry Polesel, Luigino Dal Maso, Giovanni Rezza, Diego Serraino
Nonlinear Burkitt lymphoma risk patterns with age and CD4 lymphocyte count among persons with AIDS in the United States
Mercy Guech-Ongey, Eric A Engels, William F Anderson, Kishor Bhatia, Edgar P Simard, Susan S Devesa, Sam M Mbulaiteye
Persistence of anal squamous intraepithelial lesions and anal HPV infection in HIV-infected patientsdespite immune restoration under cART
C Piketty, E Lanoy, A Si-Mohamed, B Cochand-Priolet, S Trabelsi, P-M Girard, R Tubiana, L Abramowitz, E Tartour, C Rouzioux, L Weiss, D Costagliola
Phase IIA trial of 1% topical cidofovir for treatment of high-grade perianal squamous intraepithelial neoplasia in HIV-infected men and women (AMC046)
Elizabeth A Stier, Stephen E Goldstone, Mark H Einstein, Naomi Jay, J Michael Berry, Timothy Wilkin, Jeannette Lee, Lori Panther, David Aboulafia, Joel Palefsky
Phase II AIDS Malignancy Consortium (AMC) trial of imatinib in AIDS-associated Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS)
Henry B Koon, Kord Honda, Jeannette Y Lee, Susan M Christner, Merrill J Egorin, Ariela Noy
Phase II AIDS Malignancy Consortium (AMC) trial of topical halofuginone in AIDS-associated Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS): clinical and biological effects using a novel intra-patient control design
Susan E Krown, Barbara Fingleton, Jeannette Y Lee, Merrill J Egorin, Henry B Koon
Pooled analysis of AIDS Malignancy Consortium (AMC) trials evaluating rituximab plus either CHOP or infusional EPOCH chemotherapy in HIV-associated non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Stefan K Barta, Jeannette Y Lee, Joseph A Sparano, Lawrence D Kaplan, Ariela Noy
Prevalence of HIV among general surgical patients in southeastern Nigeria
Stanley Anyanwu, Gabriel Chianakwana, Eric Ihekwoaba
Prevalence of HIV-associated malignancies among PLWHAs accessing HIV services in Abia State, Nigeria
Charles Adisa, Onyeonoro Ugochukwu, Aniele Agu, Ndukauba Eleweke, Chisara Umezurike Onwuchekwa
Preventing HHV-8 transmission and Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) risk prediction and prognostication in resource-poor countries
Amos Mwakigonja, Pawan Pyakurel, Fatemeh Pak, Parviz Kokhaei, Peter Biberfeld, Ephata Kaaya
Progression of cervical neoplasia in HIV-seropositive women with and without antiretroviral therapy in Johannesburg, South Africa
Cynthia Firnhaber, Daniel Westreich, Doreen Schulz, Sophie Williams, Pam Michelow, Mark Faesen, Simon Levin, Jennifer Smith
Reasons for not adhering to cervical cancer screening guidelines and HPV knowledge among HIV indeterminate midlife women (50-64 years old) whose last Pap test was >6 years ago
Lisa T Wigfall, Heather M Brandt, Donna L Richter, Wayne A Duffus, Saundra H Glover
Relationship between salivary shedding and seropositivity for Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) among South African children and adults: insights on why EBV infection is ubiquitous and KSHV is not
Lisa Butler, Sheila Dollard, Minal Amin, Anisa Mosam, Jeffrey Martin
Risk of anal cancer in HIV-infected patients and HIV-uninfected controls in North America
Michael J Silverberg, Bryan Lau, Yuezhou Jing, Gypsyamber D'Souza, Eric A Engels, John Gill, James J Goedert, Gregory D Kirk, Amy Justice, Robert Dubrow
Risk of HIV-associated Hodgkin lymphoma during the first months after initiation of combination antiretroviral therapy
E Lanoy, PS Rosenberg, F Fily, AS Lascaux, V Martinez, M Partisani, I Poizot-Martin, E Rouveix, EA Engels, D Costagliola, JJ Goedert
Rituximab combined with liposomal doxorubicin (R-Dox) in HIV-infected patients with severe Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpes virus (KSHV) associated multicentric Castleman disease (MCD)
Thomas Uldrick, Mark Polizzotto, Deirdre O’Mahony, Karen Aleman, Kathy Wyvill, Seth M Steinberg, Stefania Pittaluga, Vickie Marshall, Denise Whitby, Giovanna Tosato, Richard F Little, Robert Yarchoan
Role of TP53 polymorphisms in sub-Saharan mucosal cancers
Franco M Buonaguro, MariaLina Tornesello, Luigi Buonaguro
T cell immunosenescence is associated with the presence of Kaposi’s sarcoma in antiretroviral treated human immunodeficiency virus-infected persons
Patrick Unemori, Peter Hunt, Kieron Leslie, Elizabeth Sinclair, Jeffrey Martin, Steve Deeks, Toby Maurer
The angiogenic properties of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus encoded G-protein coupled receptor are reduced by flavopiridol, an inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinase 9
Harris McFerrin, Magdelena Angelova, Elizabeth Abboud, Anne Nelson, Aline Betancourt, Gilbert Morris, Bryan Shelby, Cindy Morris, Deborah Sullivan
The approach to individualized prediction of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection persistence/clearance in HIV-1-positive adolescent girls based on dynamics of CD4+ counts, viral load, and HAART
Julia Kravchenko, Staci Sudenga, Igor Akushevich, Craig M Wilson, Sadeep Shrestha
The HIV nef protein within ARL is genetically and structurally distinct from those in the brain of patients with HAD
Susanna L Lamers, Gary B Fogel, Leanne Huysentruyt, Art Poon, Michael S McGrath
The impact of aging on cancer burden in people with HIV/AIDS
Jerry Polesel, Silvia Franceschi, Barbara Suligoi, Antonella Zucchetto, Diego Serraino, Luigino Dal Maso
The Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus E3 ubiquitin ligase K5 acts as a novel oncogene, altering cellular metabolism and signaling: implications for tumorigenesis
Roshan Karki, Sabine M Lang, Robert E Means
The KAART Trial: a randomized controlled trial of HAART compared to the combination of HAART and \chemotherapy in treatment-naïve patients with HIV-associated Kaposi sarcoma (HIV-KS) in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa
A Mosam, F Shaik, TS Uldrick, GH Friedland, DT Scadden, J Aboobaker, HM Coovadia
The use of high-dose azidothymidine in combination with chemotherapy upfront is an effective treatment approach for gamma-herpes virus-related non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas
Ulas Darda Bayraktar, Eileen Bernal, Lisa Cabral, William J Harrington Jr., Dirk P Dittmer, Juan Carlos Ramos
TNFAIP3(A20) genetic alterations in AIDS-related lymphomas
Lisa Giulino, Susan Matthew, Wayne Tam, Amy Chadburn, Gianna Ballon, Sharon Barouk, Giuseppina Antonicelli, Lorenzo Leoncini, Ethel Cesarman
Type distribution of human papillomavirus in HIV-infected women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) stages 2 and 3 in Botswana
Doreen Ramogola-Masire, Nicola M Zetola, Veronica de Klerk, Barati Monare, Bakgaki Ratshaa, Gracious Ditlhabang, Elisabeth Chibaya, Metlha Nchunga, Mukendi K Kayembe, Kurt T Barnhart, Cindy M McGrath, Harvey M Friedman
Upregulation of angiopoietin-like 4 by viral G protein-coupled receptor promotes angiogenesis and vascular permeability in Kaposi’s sarcoma
Tao Ma, Bruno C Jham, Jiadi Hu, Eitan R Friedman, John R Basile, Akrit Sodhi, Silvia Montaner
Upregulation of p18Ink4c expression by HPV E6 via p53-miR-34a pathway
Xiaohong Wang, Craig Meyers, Zhi-Ming Zheng
Use of mobile telemedicine for cervical cancer screening of HIV-positive women in Gaborone, Botswana
Rachel H Gormley, Kelly E Quinley, Ting Shih, Zsofia Szep, Ann Steiner, Doreen Ramogola-Masire, Carrie L Kovarik