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AIDS-defining cancer

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-000343

A type of cancer that a person infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is at high risk of developing. If a person with HIV develops one of these cancers, it means they have AIDS. AIDS-defining cancers include Kaposi sarcoma, certain types of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and cervical cancer.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-000343
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-000343",
  "term": "AIDS-defining cancer",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A type of cancer that a person infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is at high risk of developing. If a person with HIV develops one of these cancers, it means they have AIDS. AIDS-defining cancers include Kaposi sarcoma, certain types of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and cervical cancer.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/aids-defining-cancer/"
}

Record 567 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.