Table 2

Characteristics of HIV+ patients with lung cancer

Characteristics	Karp¹⁰	Sridhar⁴²	Vyzula⁵	Tirelli⁴	Alshafie⁶¹	Lavole⁴⁵	Spano⁶²
PS, performance status; IVDU, intravenous drug user; cig/d: cigarettes/day.
No of patients	7	19	16	36	11	44	22
Year	1983–91	1986–91	1988–93	1986–98	1990–94	1987–2001	1993–2002
Median age	38	48	44	38	50	42	45
Males (%)	86	100	94	89	82	93	86
Smokers (%)	100	93	100	94	90	100	95
Pack-years	35	60	30	40 cig/d	–	30	–
HIV transmission route (%)
Homosexual	–	32	38	17	0	33	45
IVDU	100	21	56	69	82	44	23
Heterosexual	–	26	6	14	–	7	32
Other	–	21	–	–	18	16	–
PS >2 (%)	–	37	69	43	–	71	69
CD4+ <200 (%)	–	53	54	28	30	43	9
CD4+ (mean)	–	121	184	150	200	250	364
AIDS (%)	–	50	25	20	–	33	32