Controversies in the management of anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 389-399

  Pineda, Carlos E ^a,b   Welton, M L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal neoplasms; Anal neoplasms, surgery; Diagnosis; Neoplasms; Squamous cell

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR;

ANUS TUMOR; CARCINOMA IN SITU; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; MALE; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANUS NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE I AS TOPIC; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE II AS TOPIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 57749121355     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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