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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
Volume 178, Issue 6, Pages 877-884Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt153
Keywords
anal cancer; case-control study; HIV; human papillomavirus; immunodeficiency
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- Swiss HIV Cohort Study (SHCS) [676]
- Swiss National Science Foundation [3347-069366]
- OncoSuisse [ICP OCS 01355-03-2003, KFS-02478-08-2009]
- Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro
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Although persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), particularly men who have sex with men, are at excess risk for anal cancer, it has been difficult to disentangle the influences of anal exposure to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, immunodeficiency, and combined antiretroviral therapy. A case-control study that included 59 anal cancer cases and 295 individually matched controls was nested in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study (1988-2011). In a subset of 41 cases and 114 controls, HPV antibodies were tested. A majority of anal cancer cases (73%) were men who have sex with men. Current smoking was significantly associated with anal cancer (odds ratio (OR) = 2.59, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.25, 5.34), as were antibodies against L1 (OR = 4.52, 95% CI: 2.00, 10.20) and E6 (OR = infinity, 95% CI: 4.64, infinity) of HPV16, as well as low CD4+ cell counts, whether measured at nadir (OR per 100-cell/mu L decrease = 1.53, 95% CI: 1.18, 2.00) or at cancer diagnosis (OR per 100-cell/mu L decrease = 1.24, 95% CI: 1.08, 1.42). However, the influence of CD4+ cell counts appeared to be strongest 6-7 years prior to anal cancer diagnosis (OR for <200 vs. >= 500 cells/mu L = 14.0, 95% CI: 3.85, 50.9). Smoking cessation and avoidance of even moderate levels of immunosuppression appear to be important in reducing long-term anal cancer risks.
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