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Clinical Practice Guideline: Anal Cancer—Diagnosis, Treatment and Follow-up
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Abstract
The number of anal cancer diagnoses has been rising steadily, so that the incidence has doubled in the past 20 years. Almost all anal cancers are induced by persistent infection with human papillomaviruses. Hitherto the care of patients with anal cancer has been heterogeneous and little experience exists with the primary management of anal cancer.











