Barriers in HIV-testing oncology patients may be physician-led
The success of modern pharmacological antiretroviral management means that many people are living now with HIV.
The changing epidemiology, ageing population and association of the disease with co-infection with oncogenic viruses, immunosuppression and other cancer-risk behaviours such as smoking, mean that non-AIDS-defining cancers are now the leading cause of non-AIDS death in people living with HIV.
Low uptake
Though the acceptance of HIV testing has previously been shown to be high in the oncology patient population, the actual uptake of HIV testing remains low.
Researchers from Lausanne, Switzerland, examined the inclination and disposition of patients and staff to HIV testing as part of the initial diagnostic work-up, and the rationale for not offering such testing.
Over a four-month period, of 239
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