Associations of CD4 Cell Count Measures With Infection-Related and Infection-Unrelated Cancer Risk Among People With HIV

BACKGROUND: People with HIV are at higher risk of infection-related cancers than the general population, which could be due, in part, to immune dysfunction. Our objective was to examine associations between 4 CD4 count measures as indicators of immune function and infection-related and infection-unrelated cancer risk. SETTING: We conducted a cohort study of adults with HIV who were diagnosed with cancer in Ontario, Canada. Incident cancers were …