The presentation of anogenital cancers as sexually transmissible infection: a case for vigilance
A. R. MarkosMid Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust Stafford, UK, ST16 3SA, UK. Email: atef.markos@msgh-tr.wmids.nhs.uk
Sexual Health 4(1) 79-80 https://doi.org/10.1071/SH06071
Submitted: 8 December 2006 Accepted: 23 January 2007 Published: 26 February 2007
Abstract
The recent outbreaks of sexually transmissible infections (STI) provoke professional concern and public anxiety. There is sporadically published literature reporting cases of vulval, penile and anal cancers presenting at genitourinary medicine clinics. The recent referral of a series of cases, by medical practitioners, as anogenital warts, which were later diagnosed as vulval, penile and anal cancers, is alarming. The cases reflect the current state of apprehension between patients and medical professionals regarding STI.
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