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Anal cancer – Increasingly Common
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English National Cancer Data
Repository 1990 – 2010
( all anal cancers
diagnosed in England )
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69 % increase in age standardised
incidence for SCC in men from 0.43 per
100,000 to 0.73 per 100,000
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126 % increase for women from 0.5
per 100,000 to 1.13 per 100,000
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No change in incidence of anal
adenocarcinoma
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Similar changes reported in Scotland,
Denmark, Sweden, Australia and the
USA
( Wilkinson et al 2014 )