Anal Cancer Risk In Women

  • Research type

    Research Study

  • Full title

    The Role of Early Detection and Treatment of Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia in the Prevention of Anal Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Women: Establishing the Disease Burden in Women with Genital Cancer

  • IRAS ID

    315094

  • Contact name

    Christos Kontovounisios

  • Contact email

    c.kontovounisios@imperial.ac.uk

  • Sponsor organisation

    Imperial College London

  • Duration of Study in the UK

    1 years, 7 months, 26 days

  • Research summary

    We will be conducting a retrospective cross-sectional study involving the analysis of Cancer Registry Data. As part of this study, we will look at cancer registration data collated by the National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service (NCRAS; the national cancer registry in England), via NHS Digital data access request service (DARS), on all female patients aged between 25-90+ years in England with a registered diagnosis of anal and vaginal and/or vulvar and/or cervical cancer and/or high grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL) between 2001 and 2019. For these patients we will be looking at information on age at diagnosis, ethnicity, deprivation and performance status. We will also be looking at information on the stage of the cancer at diagnosis, the date of each diagnosis, the treatment received for the diagnosis and the route to diagnosis. Additionally, we will be requesting the total number of women/year (between 1995 and 2019), in England, aged between 25-90+ years with a diagnosis of anal, vulvar, vaginal and cervical cancer as well as their respective HSILs. Together this data will be used to establish the incidence of anal cancer and HSIL in women with genital cancers and/or HSILs, the progression timelines between the different pathologies, as well as identify relevant sociodemographic risk factors in this patient group.

  • REC name

    London - Surrey Research Ethics Committee

  • REC reference

    22/PR/0768

  • Date of REC Opinion

    11 Jul 2022

  • REC opinion

    Further Information Favourable Opinion