Anal neoplasia: prevention or treatment?

Affiliations

¹ Therapeutic Research Program, Division of AIDS, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
² Homerton Anogenital Neoplasia Service, Homerton University Hospital, London, UK.

Editorial

Keith W Crawford et al. AIDS. 2021.

. 2021 Sep 1;35(11):1863-1865.

doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002969.

¹ Therapeutic Research Program, Division of AIDS, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
² Homerton Anogenital Neoplasia Service, Homerton University Hospital, London, UK.

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HPV vaccination to prevent recurrence of anal intraepithelial neoplasia in HIV+ MSM.
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