Acceptability of anal cancer screening tests for women living with HIV in the EVVA study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Anal cancer is potentially preventable through screening. For screening to be implemented, the screening procedures must be acceptable to the affected population. The objective of the present study was to measure the acceptability of currently available anal cancer screening tests in a population of women living with hiv who had experienced the tests.

Methods

The evva study ("Evaluation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Human Papillomavirus, and Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia in Women") is a prospective cohort study of adult women living with hiv in Montreal, Quebec. Participants were screened with cervical or anal hpv testing and cervical or anal cytology every 6 months for 2 years. High-resolution anoscopy (hra) and digital anal rectal examination (dare) were als

SUBMITTER: Kaufman E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7096206 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature