Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research

Department of Internal Medicine & Infectious Disease, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Bowman Gra, 475 Vine Street, Winston- Salem, NC 2710, USA

Publications

• Review Article   
  Comparison between Cervical Cancer and Anal Cancer Screening
  Author(s): Shambavi J. Rao, Kelsie Pierre and Luis F. Barroso*
  
  When it comes to simple anatomy, the colon, rectum and anus all seem to be part of the same gastrointestinal highway, so wouldn’t the cancers that develop in these different...stretches, be the same? While colon and rectal cancers can be similar and are often referred to collectively as colorectal cancer, anal cancer is completely different in significant ways, including the cell type where cancer begins, the cause of the cancer, who gets this cancer, and how we treat it. Anal cancer is more similar to cervical cancer because the tissue that lines the anus (where anal cancer typically develops) is like the tissue that lines a woman’s cervix. Most anal cancers are related to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection like cervical cancer, and the precancerous and cancerous changes that we see in the anal canal are also similar to cervical cancer. Cervical dise.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2155-6113.2021.12.858

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