Perceptions and experiences of patients and clinicians of anal cancer screening: a hermeneutic phenomenological study.
Background: Anal intraepithelial neoplasia (AIN) is a well-recognised precursor to invasive anal squamous cell carcinoma. The prevalence of anal cancer is increasing in people living with HIV. This hermeneutic phenomenology study explored the perceptions and experiences of patients and clinicians in...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Nursing Vol. 35; no. 13; pp. 674 - 681 |
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Mark Allen Holdings Limited
7/2/2026
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