The epidemiology of anal cancer

Sexual Health

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 504-508

  Grulich, Andrew E ^a   Poynten, I Mary ^a   MacHalek, Dorothy A ^a   Jin, Fengyi ^a   Templeton, David J ^a,b   Hillman, Richard J ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

adenocarcinoma; homosexual; human papillomavirus; squamous cell carcinoma.

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 16; INFECTION RISK; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ANUS NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84870470162     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH12070     Document Type: Article

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