High Prevalence of Anal Human Papillomavirus-Associated Cancer Precursors in a Contemporary Cohort of Asymptomatic HIV-Infected Women

Conclusions. HIV-infected women with a history of HPV-associated cervical disease are at increased risk for HG-AIN+ and should be offered anal cancer screening. Anal cytology and HPV-16 genotyping had the best screening performance. Anal cytology is easy to perform routinely; it may be the best candidate for screening for HG-AIN among HIV-infected women.

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases - April 28, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Heard, I., Etienney, I., Potard, V., Poizot-Martin, I., Moore, C., Lesage, A.-C., Ressiot, E., Crenn-Hebert, C., Flejou, J.-F., Cubie, H., Costagliola, D., Darragh, T. M., for the ANRS-C017 VIHGY Study Group, for the ANRS-C017 VIHGY Study Group, Francesch Tags: HIV/AIDS Source Type: research