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29. While HIV does not directly cause cancer, there is an increased risk for the development of various cancers when an HIV-infected individual develops AIDS. Which of the following constitutes an AIDS-defining cancer in an HIV positive person? (A) Pneumocystis pneumonia (B) Cervical cancer (C) Kaposi's sarcoma (D) Breast cancer 30. HIV specifically attacks and kills helper T cells. This drastically weakens the immune system because helper T cells (A) produce antibodies (B) turn off the immune response (C) directly destroy cells infected with HIV (D) stimulate antibody and cytotoxic T cell production

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Oil The general term for these cancer is HIV-associated cancers 3 of these cancers are known as acquired immunodeficiency Syndrom CAIDS) defining cancers" or "AIDS- defining malignancos" - Kaposi sarcoma, -Non-Hodgkin lymphoma -Cervical cancer

Q2 HIV attacks a specific type of immune system cell in the body It's known as the CD4 helper cell or T cell... Not only does HIV attack CD4 cells, it also uses the cells to make more the virw. HIV destroys CD4 cells by using ther replication machinery to create new copies of the cirus,