pubmed-article:8613137 | pubmed:abstractText | the overall outcome of patients with HIV-related non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (HIV-NHL) is poor because of the adverse clinico-pathological features of HIV-NHL and the underlying HIV infection. However, the experience of physicians in the management of HIV-NHL has increased, in particular in the use of intensive chemotherapy regimens, leading to an improvement in the prognosis of some of these neoplasms. Because some patients with AIDS may survive up to 5 years, it is possible to evaluate the long-term efficacy of the treatment of patients with HIV-NHL. In the general population, aggressive NHL, that are those occurring in HIV patients, may be considered cured after 2 years of lasting complete remission (CR) after chemotherapy. | lld:pubmed |