Resumen
AIDS remains a worldwide epidemic, and approximately 1.2 million people are living with HIV in the United States. Burkitt lymphoma accounts for 10?35% of AIDS-defining lymphoma in people with HIV. The aim of our retrospective database study was to assess the long-term survival rates of HIV-associated Burkitt lymphoma on a national level. We found that there was an increased mortality rate of HIV-associated Burkitt lymphoma, and there was a 55% increased risk of death from months 3 to 60 from the time of diagnosis for HIV-associated Burkitt lymphoma compared to patients with Burkitt lymphoma without HIV. Additionally, risk of death was significantly decreased in patients with HIV treated with combination chemotherapy and immunotherapy compared to patients without HIV treated with combination chemotherapy and immunotherapy in the first 3 months following BL diagnosis.