Classification of anal squamous intraepithelial lesions: 2-tiered terminology and the quest to reduce the incidence of anal cancer among at-risk individuals

Pathology Case Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 200-208

  Palefsky, Joel M ^a   Darragh, Teresa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal cancer; Anal squamous intraepithelial lesion; Human papillomavirus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAL SQUAMOUS INTRAEPITHELIAL LESION; ANUS CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CASE REPORT; CAUTERIZATION; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HIGH GRADE SQUMOUS INTRAEPITHELIAL LESION; HUMAN; LOW GRADE SQUAMOUS INTRAEPITHELIAL LESION; MALE; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; NEOPLASM; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM BIOPSY; REVIEW; SYPHILIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 84880100803     PISSN: 10829784     EISSN: 15334015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCR.0b013e318298dfa0     Document Type: Review

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