Cohort profile: the South African HIV Cancer Match (SAM) Study, a national population-based cohort.

Muchengeti, Mazvita; Bartels, Lina; Olago, Victor; Dhokotera, Tafadzwa; Chen, Wenlong Carl; Spoerri, Adrian; Rohner, Eliane; Bütikofer, Lukas; Ruffieux, Yann; Singh, Elvira; Egger, Matthias; Bohlius, Julia (2022). Cohort profile: the South African HIV Cancer Match (SAM) Study, a national population-based cohort. BMJ open, 12(4), e053460. BMJ Publishing Group 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053460

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PURPOSE

The South African HIV Cancer Match (SAM) Study is a national cohort of people living with HIV (PLWH). It was created using probabilistic record linkages of routine laboratory records of PLWH retrieved by National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) and cancer data from the National Cancer Registry. The SAM Study aims to assess the spectrum and risk of cancer in PLWH in the context of the evolving South African HIV epidemic. The SAM Study's overarching goal is to inform cancer prevention and control programmes in PLWH in the era of antiretroviral treatment in South Africa.

PARTICIPANTS

PLWH (both adults and children) who accessed HIV care in public sector facilities and had HIV diagnostic or monitoring laboratory tests from NHLS.

FINDINGS TO DATE

The SAM cohort currently includes 5 248 648 PLWH for the period 2004 to 2014; 69% of these are women. The median age at cohort entry was 33.0 years (IQR: 26.2-40.9). The overall cancer incidence in males and females was 235.9 (95% CI: 231.5 to 240.5) and 183.7 (181.2-186.2) per 100 000 person-years, respectively.Using data from the SAM Study, we examined national cancer incidence in PLWH and the association of different cancers with immunodeficiency. Cancers with the highest incidence rates were Kaposi sarcoma, cervix, breast, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and eye cancer.

FUTURE PLANS

The SAM Study is a unique, evolving resource for research and surveillance of malignancies in PLWH. The SAM Study will be regularly updated. We plan to enrich the SAM Study through record linkages with other laboratory data within the NHLS (eg, tuberculosis, diabetes and lipid profile data), mortality data and socioeconomic data to facilitate comprehensive epidemiological research of comorbidities among PLWH.

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