Cervical determinants of anal HPV infection and high-grade anal lesions in women: a collaborative pooled analysis

Lin, Chunqing; Slama, Jiri; Gonzalez, Paula; Goodman, Marc T; Xia, Ningshao; Kreimer, Aimée R; Ting, Wu; Hessol, Nancy A; Shvetsov, Yurii; Ortiz, Ana P; Grinsztejn, Beatriz; Moscicki, Anna-Barbara; Heard, Isabelle; Del Refugio González Losa, María; Kojic, Erna M; Schim Van Der Loeff, Maarten F; Wei, Feixue; Longatto-Filho, Adhemar; Mbulawa, Zizipho A; Palefsky, Joel Michael; Sohn, Annette H; Hernandez, Brenda Y; Robison, Katina; Simpson, Steve; Conley, Lois J; De Pokomandy, Alexandra; Van Der Sande, Marianne A B; Dube Mandishora, Racheal S; Volpini, Lays P B; Pierangeli, Alessandra; Romero, Byron; Wilkin, Timothy; Franceschi, Silvia; Hidalgo-Tenorio, Carmen; Ramautarsing, Reshmie A; Park, Ina U; Tso, Fernanda K; Godbole, Sheela; D'Hauwers, Kathleen W M; Sehnal, Borek; Menezes, Lynette J; Heráclio, Sandra A; Clifford, Gary M

doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30164-1

Cervical cancer screening might contribute to the prevention of anal cancer in women. We aimed to investigate if routine cervical cancer screening results-namely high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and cytohistopathology-predict anal HPV16 infection, anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL) and, hence, anal cancer.

Cervical determinants of anal HPV infection and high-grade anal lesions in women: a collaborative pooled analysis / Lin, C., Slama, J., Gonzalez, P., Goodman, M.T., Xia, N., Kreimer, A.R., Wu, T., Hessol, N.A., Shvetsov, Y., Ortiz, A.P., Grinsztejn, B., Moscicki, A., Heard, I., Del Refugio González Losa, M., Kojic, E.M., Schim van der Loeff, M.F., Wei, F., Longatto-Filho, A., Mbulawa, Z.A., Palefsky, J.M., et al.. - In: THE LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES. - ISSN 1473-3099. - (2019). [10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30164-1]