Open AccessScreening for Anal Cancer in Women With a History of Vulvar High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions
Author(s) -
Lily Proctor,
Troy Grennan,
Arianne Albert,
Dianne Miller,
Leslie Sadownik,
Marette Lee
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of lower genital tract disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.784
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1526-0976
pISSN - 1089-2591
DOI - 10.1097/lgt.0000000000000490
Subject(s) - medicine , anal cancer , squamous intraepithelial lesion , gynecology , interquartile range , cytology , vulvar cancer , physical examination , biopsy , cervical cancer , cancer , obstetrics , pathology , cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
The primary obkective was to determine the prevalence of (a) a positive anal cancer screen and (b) histological anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL) in women undergoing surveillance for previously diagnosed and treated human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated vulvar HSIL. The secondary objective was to determine the patients' acceptability of the screen.