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Table 2 Cancer diagnoses and documented HIV status of adult cancer patients at regional cancer treatment centers in Malawi, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

From: Characterizing HIV status documentation among cancer patients at regional cancer centers in Malawi, Zimbabwe, and South Africa

Diagnosis

Malawi

South Africa

Zimbabwe

(N = 1648)

(N = 1044)

(N = 1135)

HIV − 

HIV + 

Unknown

HIV − 

HIV + 

Unknown

HIV − 

HIV + 

Unknown

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Anal

0

0

1

20

4

80

0

0

1

100

0

0

2

15.4

10

76.9

1

7.7

Bladder

1

14.3

0

0

6

85.7

4

66.7

1

16.7

1

16.7

9

56.3

0

0

7

43.8

Bone or soft tissue

1

14.3

1

14.3

5

71.4

3

75

1

25

0

0

7

53.9

4

30.8

2

15.4

Breast

22

8.7

16

6.4

214

84.9

644

70.9

198

21.8

66

7.3

73

68.2

16

15

18

16.8

Cervical

58

12.3

35

7.4

379

80.3

1

50

0

0

1

50

246

50

229

46.5

17

3.5

CNS (primary, incl. brain)

0

0

2

14.3

12

85.7

1

100

0

0

0

0

1

50

0

0

1

50

Colorectal

1

3.5

3

10.3

25

86.2

24

82.8

1

3.5

4

13.8

37

72.6

8

15.7

6

11.8

Conjunctival SCC

0

0

0

0

1

100

Esophageal

4

5.6

1

1.4

67

93.1

1

50

1

50

0

0

17

56.7

9

30

4

13.3

Gastric

1

10

0

0

9

90

6

66.7

1

11.1

2

22.2

24

72.7

3

9.1

6

18.2

Head and Neck

3

6.4

2

4.3

42

89.4

2

100

0

0

0

0

53

48.6

40

36.7

16

14.7

Hodgkin Lymphoma

20

35.7

15

26.8

21

37.5

3

27.3

7

63.6

1

9.1

2

66.7

0

0

1

33.3

Kaposi Sarcoma

13

5.6

44

19.1

174

75.3

3

27.3

8

72.7

0

0

0

0

1

100

0

0

Leukemia (Acute)

0

0

0

0

2

100

2

100

0

0

0

0

Leukemia (Chronic)

2

20

0

0

8

80

1

50

1

50

0

0

Lung

0

0

0

0

14

100

1

100

0

0

0

0

13

52

7

28

5

20

Liver

2

15.4

0

0

11

84.6

6

60

2

20

2

20

20

57.1

6

17.1

9

25.7

Melanoma

1

20

1

20

3

60

1

50

0

0

1

50

6

60

1

10

3

30

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

38

34.2

21

18.9

52

46.9

7

50

7

50

0

0

0

0

5

100

0

0

Ovarian

0

0

0

0

10

100

1

50

1

50

0

0

9

69.2

0

0

4

30.8

Pancreatic or Biliary

0

0

1

20

4

80

2

66.7

0

0

1

33.3

2

33.3

1

16.7

3

50

Penile

0

0

5

22.7

17

77.3

0

0

1

100

0

0

1

16.7

5

83.3

0

0

Prostate

4

18.2

0

0

18

81.8

9

100

0

0

0

0

38

50

6

7.9

32

42.1

Renal

1

25

0

0

3

75

1

50

0

0

1

50

3

75

0

0

1

25

Vulvovaginal

1

4.4

8

34.8

14

60.9

2

20

8

80

0

0

Unknown

15

10.7

6

4.3

119

85

7

41.2

3

17.6

7

41.2

Other

3

4.6

9

13.6

54

81.8

6

60

1

10

3

30

40

71.4

4

7.1

12

21.4

  1. CNS Central nervous system; SCC Squamous cell carcinoma