ALLMedicine™ Anal Cancer Center

Jan 13th, 2022 - It is well established that persons living with HIV (PLWH) have highly elevated rates of anal HSIL and anal cancer compared with those who are not living with HIV. The 5-year risk of anal cancer following anal HSIL has been reported to be as high ...

Jan 13th, 2022 - Women living with HIV (WLWH) have a greater risk of anal cancer than women without HIV; however, there are limited studies that examine awareness of anal cancer risk among WLWH and "high-risk" HIV-negative women. This study examines risk factors f...

Jan 11th, 2022 - OBJECTIVES: To obtain high-quality, clinically annotated tissue from patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 malignancy. To study clinical, genetic, and immunologic parameters that have prognostic significance and/or are involved in the...

Jan 10th, 2022 - Prognosis after chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for anal squamous cell carcinoma (ASCC) shows marked differences among patients according to TNM subgroups, however individualized risk assessment tools to better stratify patients for treatment (de-) escala...

Jan 6th, 2022 - A disparity exists in cancer screening rates for the Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) community. We sought to understand the perceptions and baseline knowledge of cancer screening among SGM community members. Survey administered via social media f...

Jun 28th, 2021 - Anal cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up☆.|2021|Rao S,Guren MG,Khan K,Brown G,Renehan AG,|diagnosis,epidemiology,therapy,

Aug 14th, 2018 - People living with HIV (PLWH) are diagnosed with cancer at an increased rate over the general population and generally have a higher mortality due to delayed diagnoses, advanced cancer stage, comorbidities, immunosuppression, and cancer treatment ...

Jul 15th, 2018 - The NCCN Guidelines for Anal Carcinoma provide recommendations for the management of patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal or perianal region. Primary treatment of anal cancer usually includes chemoradiation, although certain les...

Aug 26th, 2016 - To define minimum standards for provision of services and clinical practice in the investigation of anal cancer precursors. After initial face to face meetings of experts at the International Papillomavirus meeting in Lisbon, September 17 to 21, 2...

Jul 9th, 2014 - Anal cancer: ESMO-ESSO-ESTRO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up.|2014|Glynne-Jones R,Nilsson PJ,Aschele C,Goh V,Peiffert D,|diagnosis,therapy,standards,

Jan 11th, 2022 - OBJECTIVES: To obtain high-quality, clinically annotated tissue from patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 malignancy. To study clinical, genetic, and immunologic parameters that have prognostic significance and/or are involved in the...

Dec 9th, 2021 - This trial is a translational, open-label, multicentric, prospective cohort study of 900 patients aiming to describe the PD-1 (programmed death) expression in T cells (T lymphocytes) in different solid tumors. The study will be conducted on a popu...

Dec 8th, 2021 - Background: Metastatic or refractory/recurrent HPV associated malignancies (cervical, anal, oropharyngeal cancers etc.) are often incurable and poorly palliated by standard therapies. TGF R1 pathway signaling and overexpression are significantly a...

Dec 8th, 2021 - Men who have sex with men (MSM), people with HIV, homeless people (many of whom participate in survival sex), female sex workers, transgender women and rape victims are at high risk for human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and consequently develop...

Oct 21st, 2021 - Radiotherapy (combined with chemotherapy) is commonly used in the curative treatment of pelvic tumours, such as in cervical, vulvar and anal cancer. In these patients, cure rates are high but may be associated with significant treatment-related to...

Aug 10th, 2021 - The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has been awarded a grant of more than $4 million by the National Cancer Institute for a large-scale study to evaluate anal cancer screening in high-risk women who have been previously diagnosed with huma...

Jun 24th, 2021 - FDA advisors told the agency to wait on more data before approving an investigational immunotherapy for squamous carcinoma of the anal canal (SCAC), largely due to questions over the drug's activity. By a 13-4 margin, the Oncologic Drugs Advisory ...

Apr 2nd, 2021 - Vaccines can protect against human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, a known and necessary causative agent for the development of cervical cancer, anal cancer, and many head and neck cancers, says Thomas Herzog, MD. By including additional valents, ...

Mar 25th, 2021 - The World Health Organization's (WHO) call for the elimination of cervical cancer worldwide is a laudable goal, and one that many organizations across the globe have endorsed. Yet some would say that that goal goes only halfway, and that the real ...

Feb 22nd, 2021 - HIV-positive patients who are adherent with antiretroviral medications are achieving undetectable or very low levels of HIV viremia and living longer. In response, clinical care is continually adapting to the dramatically altered natural history o...