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Review
. 2015 Feb 3;187(2):111-115.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.140476. Epub 2014 Dec 15.

Anal cancer and intraepithelial neoplasia: epidemiology, screening and prevention of a sexually transmitted disease

Richard J Medford  1 , Irving E Salit  2
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Review

Anal cancer and intraepithelial neoplasia: epidemiology, screening and prevention of a sexually transmitted disease

Richard J Medford et al. CMAJ. .
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Figure 1:
Two approaches to screening for anal cancer. (A) High-resolution anoscopy with abnormal results on anal cytology. (B) High-resolution anoscopy done directly. Adapted from Lam et al. and Palefsky and Rubin. Note: AIN = anal intraepithelial neoplasia, HPV = human papillomavirus, Pap = Papanicolaou test.
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