Does European or non-European origin influence health care and prognosis for HIV patients in Europe?
AIDS was diagnosed at the same level of immunodeficiency independent of European or non-European origin and antiretroviral drugs were provided at similar levels of immunodeficiency. No differences in survival depending on continent of origin was found. In spite of these encouraging findings concerns remain that belonging to an ethnic minority can be an obstacle in getting into contact with treatment facilities and thus benefiting from developments in the management of HIV.
We described that the luminal membrane expression of mesothelin was a reliable prognostic factor in gastric cancer, suggesting the functional significance of membrane-localised mesothelin in the aggressive behaviour of gastric cancer cells.