What is an anal cancer screening? who goes to those?

Exam: Anal cancer can be detected by simple inspection and anal/rectal examination. A rectal examination is part of the routine health examination. Risk factors for anal cancer include hpv infection, or HIV infection.

Colon screens.: Most likely, a person with this cancer would present to a doctor with symptoms of colon cancer or hemorrhoids (pain, bleeding, mass). Colon cancer patients can have bleeding, anemia, weight loss, and occult blood, etc. Depending on location of the ttumor. A fecal occult blood test is done, as is colonoscopy, if needed. If an obvious mass is seen, biopsy would likely be done to detect cancer.

Similar to PAP: Like cervical cancer, anal cancer is associated with hpv infection and is commoner in men who have sex with men.