Anal cancer is on the rise, especially in women. Should they be screened?
Now that actress Marcia Cross has been in remission from anal cancer for about a year, she has a mission.
May 10, 2019
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Now that actress Marcia Cross has been in remission from anal cancer for about a year, she has a mission.
May 10, 2019
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A new approach to treating advanced anal cancer is safer and more effective than the most widely used current treatment, according to the first ever randomised clinical trial in this group of patients.
Oct 22, 2018
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If you are from a lower income area, your chances of surviving anal cancer are significantly reduced, according to a new study led by investigators at NYU Langone Health's Perlmutter Cancer Center, and publishing online March ...
Mar 19, 2018
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In a study of patients with anal cancer, living in low median household income areas was linked with an increased risk of early death. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, ...
Mar 12, 2018
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Almost 620,000 gay and bisexual men in the United States were living with HIV in 2014, and 100,000 of these men were not even aware of their infection. These men are 100 times more likely to have anal cancer than HIV-negative ...
Sep 27, 2017
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Currently, no guidelines exist for screening and treatment of precancerous anal lesions or for anal cancer screening because enough is not known about the effectiveness of treating lesions detected through screening. A new ...
Sep 27, 2017
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While collaborating with clinical colleagues in rural southwest Georgia, Emory cancer researcher Theresa Gillespie learned a surprising fact. The region has one of the state's largest HIV/AIDS populations outside of metropolitan ...
Sep 5, 2017
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Specialists at The Christie and The University of Manchester have made a breakthrough which could potentially improve detection and treatment of anal cancer, as well as have wider implications for other cancers.
Aug 16, 2017
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A new test, based on a patient's epigenetics, could be an accurate and inexpensive way to find and treat those at highest risk of anal cancer - a disease with growing incidence in women, men who have sex with men (MSM) and ...
May 25, 2017
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(HealthDay)—Anal cancer rates are on the rise in many countries. But vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV)—a virus linked to the development of anal cancer—may help curb rates of the disease, a new study suggests.
Nov 2, 2016
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