Anal cancer screening in HIV-infected patients: Is it time to screen them all?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1244-1250

  Mallari, Alexander O ^a   Schwartz, Theresa M ^b   Luque, Amneris E ^b   Polashenski, Pamela S ^a   Rauh, Stephen M ^b   Corales, Roberto B ^c  

^a ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c AIDS Care   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal cancer; Anoscopy; Cytology; Dysplasia; HIV; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOSCOPY; ANUS CANCER; ANUS INTERCOURSE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONDOM; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; RACE; RECTUM BIOPSY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALITY; SMOKING; VIRUS LOAD;

ANUS NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84872242084     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e31826ab4fb     Document Type: Review

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