Certain types of cancer formation are a known side effect of HIV infection and its corollary AIDS. HIV ,a retrovirus , impacts by compromising ,in humans, the immune response undermining the bodies ability to fight a range of opportunistic diseases.
The compromised immune system is instigated by the virus invading and compromising the helper cells ( CD4+ T cells ) Low levels of these T cells lead to lower cellular immunity responses and in many cases to AIDS.
AID’s defining malignancies include Kaposi sarcoma , non Hodgkin lymphoma, and cervical cancer.