Anal cancer in people living with HIV: the importance of the screening and of early diagnosis

F. d’Aleo; M. Ceccarelli; E. Venanzi Rullo; A. Facciolà; F. d’Andrea; C. Micali; M. Coco; M. Pinzone; E. Focà; F. Condorelli; I. Picerno; G. Visalli; B. Cacopardo; G. Nunnari; G. Pellicanò

doi:10.32113/wcrj_20196_1319

World Cancer Research Journal (Jun 2019)

Anal cancer in people living with HIV: the importance of the screening and of early diagnosis

F. d’Aleo,
M. Ceccarelli,
E. Venanzi Rullo,
A. Facciolà,
F. d’Andrea,
C. Micali,
M. Coco,
M. Pinzone,
E. Focà,
F. Condorelli,
I. Picerno,
G. Visalli,
B. Cacopardo,
G. Nunnari,
G. Pellicanò

Affiliations

F. d’Aleo: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
M. Ceccarelli: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
E. Venanzi Rullo: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
A. Facciolà: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
F. d’Andrea: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
C. Micali: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina,
M. Coco: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
M. Pinzone: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, USA, Philadelphia, PA
E. Focà: Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
F. Condorelli: Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale "A. Avogadro", Novara, Italy
I. Picerno: Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morpho Functional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
G. Visalli: Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morpho Functional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
B. Cacopardo: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Unit of Infectious Diseases, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
G. Nunnari: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
G. Pellicanò: Department of Human Pathology of the Adult and the Developmental Age “G. Barresi”, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32113/wcrj_20196_1319
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6

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HIV-positive patients suffer from higher cancer-related mortality compared to the general population. Anal cancer (AC) is considered as a rare form of neoplasm, accounting for 4% of all cancers of the lower gastrointestinal tract in the general population. Approximately 88% of AC cases are associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. This paper purpose is the diagnostic and therapeutic management of AC in HIV infect people.

Published in World Cancer Research Journal

ISSN: 2372-3416 (Online)
Publisher: Verduci Editore
Country of publisher: Italy
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
Website: https://www.wcrj.net/

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