Screening for Squamous Cell Anal Cancer in HIV Positive Patients: A Five-Year Experience

Screening for Squamous Cell Anal Cancer in HIV Positive Patients: A Five-Year Experience

Aim: Potential screening modalities for early diagnosis of squamous cell anal cancer (SCC) in HIV patients include digital anorectal examination (DARE), anal Papanicolaou testing (Pap test), human papilloma virus (HPV) co-testing, and high-resolution anoscopy. The aim of this study was to demonstrat...

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Main Authors: Chiara Santorelli, Cosimo Alex Leo, Jonathan D. Hodgkinson, Franco Baldelli, Francesco Cantarella, Emanuel Cavazzoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-09-01
Series:Journal of Investigative Surgery
Subjects:
hiv
hpv
anal dysplasia
high-resolution video-proctoscopy
screening
anal cancer
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08941939.2017.1334845

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08941939.2017.1334845

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