Prevalence of anal cytology screening among persons with HIV and lack of access to high-resolution anoscopy at HIV care facilities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with HIV at highest risk of anal cancer include gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men and transgender women aged 35 years or older as well as other people with HIV aged 45 years or older. Identifying and treating precancerous lesions can reduce anal cancer incidence in these groups. We assessed the prevalence of anal cytology and access to high-resolution anoscopy among people with HIV overall and in those individuals at highest risk.

Methods

Data were obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Medical Monitoring Project, a population-based survey of people with HIV aged 18 years and older, and a supplemental Medical Monitoring Project facility survey. We report weighted percentages of people with HIV receiving anal cytology

SUBMITTER: Rim SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11323029 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature