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The burden of cancer among people living with HIV in Ontario, Canada, 1997–2020: a retrospective population-based cohort study using administrative health data
Ioana A. Nicolau, Tony Antoniou, Jennifer D. Brooks, Rahim Moineddin, Curtis Cooper, Michelle Cotterchio, Jennifer L. Gillis, Claire E. Kendall, Abigail E. Kroch, Joanne D. Lindsay, Colleen Price, Kate Salters, Marek Smieja and Ann N. Burchell
July 19, 2022 10 (3) E666-E674; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20220012
Ioana A. Nicolau
Division of Epidemiology Toronto (Nicolau, Brooks, Cotterchio, Gillis, Burchell, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; ICES Central (Antoniou, Moineddin, Kendall, Burchell); Unity Health Toronto (Antoniou, Lindsay, Burchell), St Michael’s Hospital; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Moineddin, Burchell), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Cooper), Ottawa, Ont.; Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) (Cotterchio), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Gillis), School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Bruyère Research Institute (Kendall); ICES uOttawa (Kendall); Department of Family Medicine (Kendall), University of Ottawa; Institut du Savoir Montfort (Kendall); Clinical Epidemiology Program (Kendall), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Ontario HIV Treatment Network (Kroch), Toronto, Ont.; CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network — Chronic Pain and HIV Working Group (Price); British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (Salters), Vancouver, BC; Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine (Smieja), McMaster University (Smieja), Hamilton, Ont.
Tony Antoniou
Division of Epidemiology Toronto (Nicolau, Brooks, Cotterchio, Gillis, Burchell, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; ICES Central (Antoniou, Moineddin, Kendall, Burchell); Unity Health Toronto (Antoniou, Lindsay, Burchell), St Michael’s Hospital; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Moineddin, Burchell), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Cooper), Ottawa, Ont.; Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) (Cotterchio), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Gillis), School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Bruyère Research Institute (Kendall); ICES uOttawa (Kendall); Department of Family Medicine (Kendall), University of Ottawa; Institut du Savoir Montfort (Kendall); Clinical Epidemiology Program (Kendall), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Ontario HIV Treatment Network (Kroch), Toronto, Ont.; CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network — Chronic Pain and HIV Working Group (Price); British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (Salters), Vancouver, BC; Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine (Smieja), McMaster University (Smieja), Hamilton, Ont.
Jennifer D. Brooks
Division of Epidemiology Toronto (Nicolau, Brooks, Cotterchio, Gillis, Burchell, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; ICES Central (Antoniou, Moineddin, Kendall, Burchell); Unity Health Toronto (Antoniou, Lindsay, Burchell), St Michael’s Hospital; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Moineddin, Burchell), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Cooper), Ottawa, Ont.; Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) (Cotterchio), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Gillis), School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Bruyère Research Institute (Kendall); ICES uOttawa (Kendall); Department of Family Medicine (Kendall), University of Ottawa; Institut du Savoir Montfort (Kendall); Clinical Epidemiology Program (Kendall), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Ontario HIV Treatment Network (Kroch), Toronto, Ont.; CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network — Chronic Pain and HIV Working Group (Price); British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (Salters), Vancouver, BC; Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine (Smieja), McMaster University (Smieja), Hamilton, Ont.
Rahim Moineddin
Division of Epidemiology Toronto (Nicolau, Brooks, Cotterchio, Gillis, Burchell, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; ICES Central (Antoniou, Moineddin, Kendall, Burchell); Unity Health Toronto (Antoniou, Lindsay, Burchell), St Michael’s Hospital; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Moineddin, Burchell), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Cooper), Ottawa, Ont.; Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) (Cotterchio), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Gillis), School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Bruyère Research Institute (Kendall); ICES uOttawa (Kendall); Department of Family Medicine (Kendall), University of Ottawa; Institut du Savoir Montfort (Kendall); Clinical Epidemiology Program (Kendall), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Ontario HIV Treatment Network (Kroch), Toronto, Ont.; CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network — Chronic Pain and HIV Working Group (Price); British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (Salters), Vancouver, BC; Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine (Smieja), McMaster University (Smieja), Hamilton, Ont.
Curtis Cooper
Division of Epidemiology Toronto (Nicolau, Brooks, Cotterchio, Gillis, Burchell, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; ICES Central (Antoniou, Moineddin, Kendall, Burchell); Unity Health Toronto (Antoniou, Lindsay, Burchell), St Michael’s Hospital; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Moineddin, Burchell), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Cooper), Ottawa, Ont.; Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) (Cotterchio), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Gillis), School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Bruyère Research Institute (Kendall); ICES uOttawa (Kendall); Department of Family Medicine (Kendall), University of Ottawa; Institut du Savoir Montfort (Kendall); Clinical Epidemiology Program (Kendall), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Ontario HIV Treatment Network (Kroch), Toronto, Ont.; CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network — Chronic Pain and HIV Working Group (Price); British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (Salters), Vancouver, BC; Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine (Smieja), McMaster University (Smieja), Hamilton, Ont.
Michelle Cotterchio
Division of Epidemiology Toronto (Nicolau, Brooks, Cotterchio, Gillis, Burchell, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; ICES Central (Antoniou, Moineddin, Kendall, Burchell); Unity Health Toronto (Antoniou, Lindsay, Burchell), St Michael’s Hospital; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Moineddin, Burchell), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Cooper), Ottawa, Ont.; Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) (Cotterchio), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Gillis), School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Bruyère Research Institute (Kendall); ICES uOttawa (Kendall); Department of Family Medicine (Kendall), University of Ottawa; Institut du Savoir Montfort (Kendall); Clinical Epidemiology Program (Kendall), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Ontario HIV Treatment Network (Kroch), Toronto, Ont.; CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network — Chronic Pain and HIV Working Group (Price); British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (Salters), Vancouver, BC; Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine (Smieja), McMaster University (Smieja), Hamilton, Ont.
Jennifer L. Gillis
Division of Epidemiology Toronto (Nicolau, Brooks, Cotterchio, Gillis, Burchell, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; ICES Central (Antoniou, Moineddin, Kendall, Burchell); Unity Health Toronto (Antoniou, Lindsay, Burchell), St Michael’s Hospital; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Moineddin, Burchell), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Cooper), Ottawa, Ont.; Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) (Cotterchio), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Gillis), School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Bruyère Research Institute (Kendall); ICES uOttawa (Kendall); Department of Family Medicine (Kendall), University of Ottawa; Institut du Savoir Montfort (Kendall); Clinical Epidemiology Program (Kendall), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Ontario HIV Treatment Network (Kroch), Toronto, Ont.; CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network — Chronic Pain and HIV Working Group (Price); British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (Salters), Vancouver, BC; Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine (Smieja), McMaster University (Smieja), Hamilton, Ont.
Claire E. Kendall
Division of Epidemiology Toronto (Nicolau, Brooks, Cotterchio, Gillis, Burchell, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; ICES Central (Antoniou, Moineddin, Kendall, Burchell); Unity Health Toronto (Antoniou, Lindsay, Burchell), St Michael’s Hospital; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Moineddin, Burchell), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Cooper), Ottawa, Ont.; Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) (Cotterchio), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Gillis), School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Bruyère Research Institute (Kendall); ICES uOttawa (Kendall); Department of Family Medicine (Kendall), University of Ottawa; Institut du Savoir Montfort (Kendall); Clinical Epidemiology Program (Kendall), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Ontario HIV Treatment Network (Kroch), Toronto, Ont.; CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network — Chronic Pain and HIV Working Group (Price); British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (Salters), Vancouver, BC; Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine (Smieja), McMaster University (Smieja), Hamilton, Ont.
Abigail E. Kroch
Division of Epidemiology Toronto (Nicolau, Brooks, Cotterchio, Gillis, Burchell, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; ICES Central (Antoniou, Moineddin, Kendall, Burchell); Unity Health Toronto (Antoniou, Lindsay, Burchell), St Michael’s Hospital; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Moineddin, Burchell), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Cooper), Ottawa, Ont.; Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) (Cotterchio), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Gillis), School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Bruyère Research Institute (Kendall); ICES uOttawa (Kendall); Department of Family Medicine (Kendall), University of Ottawa; Institut du Savoir Montfort (Kendall); Clinical Epidemiology Program (Kendall), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Ontario HIV Treatment Network (Kroch), Toronto, Ont.; CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network — Chronic Pain and HIV Working Group (Price); British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (Salters), Vancouver, BC; Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine (Smieja), McMaster University (Smieja), Hamilton, Ont.
Joanne D. Lindsay
Division of Epidemiology Toronto (Nicolau, Brooks, Cotterchio, Gillis, Burchell, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; ICES Central (Antoniou, Moineddin, Kendall, Burchell); Unity Health Toronto (Antoniou, Lindsay, Burchell), St Michael’s Hospital; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Moineddin, Burchell), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Cooper), Ottawa, Ont.; Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) (Cotterchio), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Gillis), School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Bruyère Research Institute (Kendall); ICES uOttawa (Kendall); Department of Family Medicine (Kendall), University of Ottawa; Institut du Savoir Montfort (Kendall); Clinical Epidemiology Program (Kendall), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Ontario HIV Treatment Network (Kroch), Toronto, Ont.; CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network — Chronic Pain and HIV Working Group (Price); British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (Salters), Vancouver, BC; Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine (Smieja), McMaster University (Smieja), Hamilton, Ont.
Colleen Price
Division of Epidemiology Toronto (Nicolau, Brooks, Cotterchio, Gillis, Burchell, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; ICES Central (Antoniou, Moineddin, Kendall, Burchell); Unity Health Toronto (Antoniou, Lindsay, Burchell), St Michael’s Hospital; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Moineddin, Burchell), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Cooper), Ottawa, Ont.; Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) (Cotterchio), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Gillis), School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Bruyère Research Institute (Kendall); ICES uOttawa (Kendall); Department of Family Medicine (Kendall), University of Ottawa; Institut du Savoir Montfort (Kendall); Clinical Epidemiology Program (Kendall), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Ontario HIV Treatment Network (Kroch), Toronto, Ont.; CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network — Chronic Pain and HIV Working Group (Price); British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (Salters), Vancouver, BC; Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine (Smieja), McMaster University (Smieja), Hamilton, Ont.
Kate Salters
Division of Epidemiology Toronto (Nicolau, Brooks, Cotterchio, Gillis, Burchell, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; ICES Central (Antoniou, Moineddin, Kendall, Burchell); Unity Health Toronto (Antoniou, Lindsay, Burchell), St Michael’s Hospital; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Moineddin, Burchell), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Cooper), Ottawa, Ont.; Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) (Cotterchio), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Gillis), School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Bruyère Research Institute (Kendall); ICES uOttawa (Kendall); Department of Family Medicine (Kendall), University of Ottawa; Institut du Savoir Montfort (Kendall); Clinical Epidemiology Program (Kendall), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Ontario HIV Treatment Network (Kroch), Toronto, Ont.; CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network — Chronic Pain and HIV Working Group (Price); British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (Salters), Vancouver, BC; Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine (Smieja), McMaster University (Smieja), Hamilton, Ont.
Marek Smieja
Division of Epidemiology Toronto (Nicolau, Brooks, Cotterchio, Gillis, Burchell, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; ICES Central (Antoniou, Moineddin, Kendall, Burchell); Unity Health Toronto (Antoniou, Lindsay, Burchell), St Michael’s Hospital; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Moineddin, Burchell), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Cooper), Ottawa, Ont.; Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) (Cotterchio), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Gillis), School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Bruyère Research Institute (Kendall); ICES uOttawa (Kendall); Department of Family Medicine (Kendall), University of Ottawa; Institut du Savoir Montfort (Kendall); Clinical Epidemiology Program (Kendall), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Ontario HIV Treatment Network (Kroch), Toronto, Ont.; CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network — Chronic Pain and HIV Working Group (Price); British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (Salters), Vancouver, BC; Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine (Smieja), McMaster University (Smieja), Hamilton, Ont.
Ann N. Burchell
Division of Epidemiology Toronto (Nicolau, Brooks, Cotterchio, Gillis, Burchell, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; ICES Central (Antoniou, Moineddin, Kendall, Burchell); Unity Health Toronto (Antoniou, Lindsay, Burchell), St Michael’s Hospital; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Moineddin, Burchell), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Cooper), Ottawa, Ont.; Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) (Cotterchio), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Gillis), School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Bruyère Research Institute (Kendall); ICES uOttawa (Kendall); Department of Family Medicine (Kendall), University of Ottawa; Institut du Savoir Montfort (Kendall); Clinical Epidemiology Program (Kendall), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Ontario HIV Treatment Network (Kroch), Toronto, Ont.; CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network — Chronic Pain and HIV Working Group (Price); British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (Salters), Vancouver, BC; Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine (Smieja), McMaster University (Smieja), Hamilton, Ont.

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The burden of cancer among people living with HIV in Ontario, Canada, 1997–2020: a retrospective population-based cohort study using administrative health data
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The burden of cancer among people living with HIV in Ontario, Canada, 1997–2020: a retrospective population-based cohort study using administrative health data
Ioana A. Nicolau, Tony Antoniou, Jennifer D. Brooks, Rahim Moineddin, Curtis Cooper, Michelle Cotterchio, Jennifer L. Gillis, Claire E. Kendall, Abigail E. Kroch, Joanne D. Lindsay, Colleen Price, Kate Salters, Marek Smieja, Ann N. Burchell
Jul 2022, 10 (3) E666-E674; DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20220012