Table 2 Frequency of treatment modalities by HIV status

From: Prognosis in HIV-infected patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Stage

HIV infected N (%)

No evidence of HIV infection N (%)

P -value

Stage I–IIIA ( N =102 HIV-infected; 620 with no evidence of HIV infection) a

Surgeryb

57 (56)

396 (64)

0.1

Adjuvant chemotherapyc

24 (24)

104 (17)

0.1

Radiation therapy for unresected tumours

26 (25)

146 (24)

0.8

Adjuvant chemoradiotherapyd

13 (13)

66 (11)

0.5

No treatment

12 (12)

68 (11)

0.8

Stage IIIB–IV ( N =165 HIV infected; 808 with no evidence of HIV infection)

Radiation and chemotherapye

42 (26)

206 (26)

0.8

Lone radiation or lone chemotherapy

73 (44)

372 (46)

 

No treatment

50 (30)

230 (29)

 
  1. Abbreviation: HIV=human immunodeficiency virus.
  2. aCategories are not mutually exclusive.
  3. bStage-appropriate treatment for stages I–IIIA.
  4. cStage-appropriate treatment for stage II.
  5. dStage-appropriate treatment for stage IIIA.
  6. eStage-appropriate treatment for stage IIIB–IV.