Anal cancer rates rising most among older, white and Hispanic women, suggests study
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Anal cancer has been steadily increasing in the United States, with the biggest jumps among older women, especially white and Hispanic women-a shift that challenges assumptions about high-risk groups and who should be screened, according to a study to be presented today at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) 2025.
“Rates of anal cancer are rising fastest among white and Hispanic women over 65-groups not traditionally considered high risk,” said lead author Ashley Robinson, MD, a second-year internal medicine resident at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital. “While the exact reasons behind this trend remain unclear, most older women were beyond the recommended age for human papillomavirus vaccination when it first became widely available.”
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