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Anal cancer prevention: Solving the puzzle piece by piece
Author(s) -
Goldstone Stephen E.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.32726
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , anal cancer , cancer , squamous cell cancer , disease , physics , optics
Although the incidence of many cancers is decreasing in the United States, the incidence of anal squamous cell cancer is increasing, and mortality appears to be outpacing the increased incidence in the number of new cases. Furthermore, patients are presenting with more advanced disease.