Early ART reduces anal cancer: study
Findings show that sustained undetectable viral loads could reduce the risk by half
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Early initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in patients newly diagnosed with HIV can cut the prevalence of anal high-risk HPV infection by one-third, a study shows.
The findings, from a systematic review and meta-analysis, also suggest that those on ART with sustained undetectable viral loads could almost halve their risk of anal cancer, the researchers say.