Epidemiology of Anal Canal Cancer

Valerie M Nelson; Al B Benson 3rd

doi:10.1016/j.soc.2016.07.001

Epidemiology of Anal Canal Cancer

Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2017 Jan;26(1):9-15. doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2016.07.001.

Authors

Valerie M Nelson¹, Al B Benson 3rd²

Affiliations

¹ Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 676 N Saint Clair, Suite 850, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
² Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 676 N Saint Clair, Suite 850, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 27889039
DOI: 10.1016/j.soc.2016.07.001

Abstract

Anal cancer is a rare malignancy, although its incidence has been increasingly in recent decades. This article discusses risk factors for anal cancer and how these risk factors affect the changing demographics of this disease.

Keywords: Anal canal; Epidemiology; HIV; HPV.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Anal Canal / virology*
Anus Neoplasms / diagnosis
Anus Neoplasms / epidemiology*
Humans
Incidence
Papillomavirus Infections / diagnosis
Papillomavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Papillomavirus Infections / virology
Papillomavirus Vaccines
Risk Factors
Sexual Behavior*

Substances

Papillomavirus Vaccines