Incidence and Epidemiology of Anal Cancer in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study

2008344 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Gypsyamber DʼSouza · Johns Hopkins University

Dorothy J. Wiley · University of California, Los Angeles

Xiuhong Li · Johns Hopkins University

Joan S. Chmiel · Northwestern University

Joseph B. Margolick · Johns Hopkins University

Ross Cranston · University of Pittsburgh

Lisa P. Jacobson

Abstract

HIV-positive men had increased risk of anal cancer. Improved survival of HIV-positive individuals after HAART initiation may allow for sufficient time for human papillomavirus-associated anal dysplasias to develop into malignancies, thus explaining the increased incidence of anal cancer in the HAART era.

Topics & Keywords

Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas Viral-associated cancers and disorders

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volume 48, Issue 4, pp. 491-499

DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e31817aebfe

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