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Cancer in People with HIV Infection Compared with the General Population, 1992–2003
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What is the problem and what is known about it so far?
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the cause of AIDS, an illness that interferes with the body's ability to fight infection and some types of cancer. Human immunodeficiency virus passes from person to person …
