title: Time for a strategic research response to anal cancer.
abstract: Anal cancer was until recently regarded as a rare cancer of little consequence. The articles in this special edition of Sexual Health clearly demonstrate that anal cancer is increasing in incidence and, in some populations, it has become an urgent public health priority. In this summary paper, we will review the data presented in this issue and elsewhere on the magnitude of the issue, the means of prevention and treatment, and suggest a way forward.
authors: Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. agrulich@kirby.unsw.edu.au
authors: Andrew E
authors: AE
authors: Grulich
authors: Richard
authors: R
authors: Hillman
authors: Julia M L
authors: JM
authors: Brotherton
authors: Christopher K
authors: CK
authors: Fairley
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D000328:Adult; D001005:Anus Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D015984:Causality; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D014943:Global Health; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012309:Risk-Taking; D019529:Sexuality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology