2017
Lung Cancer Mortality Associated With Smoking and Smoking Cessation Among People Living With HIV in the United States
Reddy KP, Kong CY, Hyle EP, Baggett TP, Huang M, Parker RA, Paltiel AD, Losina E, Weinstein MC, Freedberg KA, Walensky RP. Lung Cancer Mortality Associated With Smoking and Smoking Cessation Among People Living With HIV in the United States. JAMA Internal Medicine 2017, 177: 1613-1621. PMID: 28975270, PMCID: PMC5675744, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.4349.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virusLung cancer mortalityAge 40 yearsAntiretroviral therapyLung cancerCancer mortalityLower lung cancer mortalityIncomplete ART adherenceLung cancer deathsAge 80 yearsRisk of deathMortality risk ratioHigher overall mortalityStandard demographic dataGreater AIDSLight smokersSmoking exposureCurrent smokersFormer smokersART adherenceModerate smokersOverall mortalitySmoking habitsSmoking statusImmunodeficiency virus
2015
The Clinical Role and Cost-Effectiveness of Long-Acting Antiretroviral Therapy
Ross EL, Weinstein MC, Schackman BR, Sax PE, Paltiel AD, Walensky RP, Freedberg KA, Losina E. The Clinical Role and Cost-Effectiveness of Long-Acting Antiretroviral Therapy. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2015, 60: 1102-1110. PMID: 25583979, PMCID: PMC4366583, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu1159.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDaily ART adherenceAnnual drug costsART adherenceLA-ARTAntiretroviral therapyDrug costsART-naive patientsDaily oral ARTHIV RNA suppressionSecond-line therapyFirst-line therapyFirst-line regimensHuman immunodeficiency virusDaily ARTOverall life expectancyHIV patientsAdherent patientsAvailable regimensART failureImmunodeficiency virusClinical rolePatientsRNA suppressionTherapyAnnual cost