Dec 4, 2023
Dr. Joel Palefsky discusses his long career and trailblazing research. He discusses the cervical model which informed his research. He talks of the success of his groundbreaking ANCHOR study, a large clinical trial that found, as with the cervix, treating anal precancerous growths greatly reduces the chance of...
Nov 8, 2023
THE ANUS HAS A PERCEPTION PROBLEM
The founders of the HPV Cancers Alliance, Lillian Kreppel and actress, Marcia Cross speak frankly about how their own experience with anal cancer became the impetus to get the word out about HPV – related cancers. One had symptoms that were dismissed, the other no symptoms. It’s...
Oct 8, 2023
BE PRESENT FOR THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE
Alana Stewart stayed at Farrah Fawcett’s side supporting and advocating, through treatments and ultimately her friend’s heartbreaking death. This interview with the president of the Farrah Fawcett Foundation, reflects the kindness and love present in the pages of her best-selling...
Sep 21, 2023
New York City general surgeon, Stephen Goldstone, was working in the realm of ano-rectal surgery, when he began noticing “strange histology.” At the same time, the University of California San Francisco, UCSF, was doing early research on anal cancer and pre-cancer. What he calls “a match made in heaven” combined...
Aug 27, 2023
Anal cancer and pre-cancer detection and treatment is a new and
highly specialized field.
Dr. Luis Barroso, president of IANS, discusses the organization as
a resource for patients and providers. He shares the medical
society’s vision that includes publishing guidelines and expanding
the infrastructure for Anal Cancer...