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Results
Over the past two decades, there have been very few studies reported on LSIL and its progression to HSIL. However, within these studies, there is no mention of treat­ment to prevent further progression of disease from LSIL to HSIL.There have been three studies which specically looked at LSIL progression to HSIL in MSM LWHIV.All three studies employed anal cytology and HPV testing. Results of the anal cytology were classied as normal, atypical squamous cells of undetermined signicance (ASCUS), LSIL, HSIL, or squamous-cell carcinoma, in accordance with the Bethesda classication. High resolution anoscopy (HRA) with biopsy was performed after the anal pap smear. In HIV-infected MSM, Burgos etal reported a progression rate of LSIL to HSIL to be 10.5 cases/100 person-years [4]. A similar rate was found in de Pokomandy with 10.7 cases/100 person-years and Tong reported rate of 13.1 cases/100 person-years [5, 6]. Together these three studies sug­gest that while LSIL has the potential to progress to HSIL, the overall rate of pro­gression is relatively low.
The endpoint for all three studies was HSIL diagnosed histologically via a biopsy. This was compared to all participants initial pap smear/biopsy to show pro­gression of disease [46].
Cumulative
Study Burgos [4] 556 HIV-
de Pokomandy [5]
Tong [6] 152 HIV-
Patients (N)
infected MSM
157 HIV­infected MSM
infected MSM
Progression to HSIL
10.5 cases/100 person-years
10.7 cases/100 person-years
13.1 cases/100 person-years
Incidence of HSIL
16.2% at 24months and
24.5% at 36months
23.1% at 24months and
36.6% at 36months
16.2% at 24months and
24.5% at 36months
Median Follow-Up
26.4months High
38months Moderate
13.2months Moderate
Quality of Evidence
Looking at the risk of LSIL progression to HSIL, practitioners can better identify the need to treat LSIL or simply to surveil it. The Anal Cancer HSIL Outcomes Research (ANCHOR) trial is the only randomized controlled trial studying the treatment of HSIL and has demonstrated that treating HSIL signicantly reduced the incidence of anal squamous cell carcinoma in PLWHIV compared with active monitoring via regular exams (including anal cytology combined with HRA and biopsy of any concerning lesions) [7, 8].
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Recommendations
Certain individuals are at signicantly increased risk of anal cancer and should undergo anal dysplasia screening. ANCHOR has shown that treating HSIL prevents SCC.All HSIL should be treated (Evidence high; recommendations high). However, LSIL, while a risk factor for HSIL, is caused by low-risk HPV infection and is not a direct SCC precursor. Patients with LSIL should undergo close surveillance, but we do not recommend routinely treating LSIL (Evidence: low; Recommendation: moderate).
Patients with LSIL should undergo close surveillance with digital anorectal examination, anal cytology, high-risk HPV testing and HRA at regular intervals (Evidence: low; Recommendation: moderate).
All patients with HSIL should be treated with topical therapy and/or local ablative therapy (Evidence high; recommendations high).
Personal View
LSIL is not the direct SCC precursor and does not require treatment. If patients have symptomatic LSIL (itching, palpable lesions, etc.) treatment is justied. Patients with LSIL must be screened for HSIL with digital anorectal examination, anal cytology, high-risk HPV testing and HRA at regular intervals. For higher risk patients (increasing age, people with high-risk sexual behaviors (MSM, receptive anal intercourse, or a history of multiple sex partners), persons living with HIV (PLHIV), other immunocompromised individuals such as solid organ transplant recipients (SOTRs) or autoimmune diseases, and women diagnosed with HPV­related gynecological (pre)cancers)) with LSIL, screening intervals may be short­ened. All HSIL should be treated.
References
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2. Stanley MA, Winder DM, Sterling JC, Goon PKC.HPV infection, anal intra-epithelial neo­plasia (AIN) and anal cancer: current issues. BMC Cancer. 2012;12(1) https://doi.org/10.118
6/1471- 2407- 12- 398.
3. Clifford GM, Georges D, Shiels MS, etal. A meta-analysis of anal cancer incidence by risk group: toward a unied anal cancer risk scale. Int J Cancer. 2021;148:38–47. https://doi.
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4. Burgos J, Curran A, Tallada N, Guelar A, Navarro J, Landol S, Villar J, Crespo M, Ribera E, Falcó V.Risk of progression to high-grade anal intraepithelial neoplasia in HIV-infected MSM.AIDS. 2015;29(6):695–702.
5. de Pokomandy A, Rouleau D, Ghattas G, Trottier H, Vézina S, Coté P, et al. HAART and progression to high-grade anal intraepithelial neoplasia in men who have sex with men and are infected with HIV.Clin Infect Dis. 2011;52:1174–81.
6. Tong WW, Jin F, McHugh LC, Maher T, Sinclair B, Grulich AE, et al. Progression to and spontaneous regression of high-grade anal squamous intraepithelial lesions in HIV-infected and un-infected men. AIDS. 2013;27:2233–43.
7. Palefsky JM, Lee JY, Jay N, Goldstone SE, Darragh TM, et al. ANCHOR investigators group. Treatment of anal highgrade squamous intraepithelial lesions to prevent anal cancer N. Engl. J. Med. 2022;386(24):2273–82. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2201048. https://
anchorstudy.org/.
8. Jones MP, Carroll S, Martin J, Hillman R, Grulich A, O’Connell D, Young C, Poynten IM.Management of early anal cancer: need for guidelines and standardisation. Int J Color Dis. 2017;32(12):1719–24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00384- 017- 2913- 6.
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KingaS.Olortegui
Introduction
Anal squamous intraepithelial neoplasia is a rare lesion, but increasingly encoun­tered by the colorectal surgeon [1]. Expert consensus supports expectant manage­ment for patients with low grade squamous intraepithelial lesions. High grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL or HGSIL, or anal intraepithelial neoplasia grade II or III) present a signicant clinical challenge. HSIL may be found during recommended screening in a high-risk population [2, 3]. Frequently, lesions are identied incidentally during excision of condyloma or upon pathology review after hemorrhoidectomy. [4] Occasionally, HSIL may be visually identied at colonos­copy, particularly during retroexion [5]. Once found, there is little guidance on how aggressively these lesions should be treated, and this has been a major area of debate among colorectal surgeons [6]. Historically, the rate of progression from HSIL to anal squamous cell cancer (SCC) was thought to be quite low, but a review of 2074 patients with AIN III in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Research (SEER) database between 1973 and 2014 found the rate to be 1.9% per year, for an overall rate of 9.5% at 5years [7]. Of patients who developed anal cancer in this study, nearly one third had stage T2 or higher tumors at time of diagnosis. A limita­tion of the study was that HIV status was unknown, and this subgroup is known to be at higher risk of anal SCC [810]. In fact, HSIL or anal SCC has been shown to correlate with the CD4/CD8 cell ratio, suggesting that treatment and control of HIV is an important contributor to decreasing risk of cancer in this population [11]. While this study showed an alarmingly high rate of anal SCC, another recent study
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specically of HIV-positive patients, also using the SEER database but using a more narrow and recent timeframe (2000–2011), showed an incidence of anal SCC of
1.2% at 1year and 5.7% at 5years [12]. Of course, no one wants to miss an opportunity to prevent progression to an anal
cancer. Yet, aggressive treatments can be highly morbid. Aggressive surveillance programs come at a personal cost to the patient, time off work for procedures and emotional distress at the prospect of developing cancer [13]. This leads us to the question, are aggressive treatments strategies for HSIL justied?
PICO table
Patients Patients with high grade anal
intraepithelial neoplasia
Intervention Comparator
Ablation Expectant
management
Outcome Recurrence of dysplasia or
progression to anal cancer
Search Strategy
A literature search was conducted using PubMed and Google Scholar to identify all English language publications regarding anal intraepithelial neoplasia treatment from 2017–2022. A strict time interval was chosen, as older studies were exten­sively reviewed in a prior edition of this book on a similar topic [14]. The search was conducted using following terms: “anal intraepithelial neoplasia,” “anal high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion,” “anal Bowen’s disease” and “perianal Bowen’s disease,” “anal HSIL,” and “AIN.” Studies were excluded if they did not describe treatment patterns and algorithms. References of studies identied were reviewed to identify any historic studies of interest.
Results
As mentioned in the introduction, high risk populations should be aggressively screened for anal cancer and anal dysplasia. The options for treatment for anal dys­plasia once it is diagnosed vary considerably, and will be reviewed here, beginning with the least invasive, through the most invasive.
The 2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines of the American Society of Colon and
Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS) recommend that patients who are diagnosed with anal dysplasia (HSIL or AIN III) be followed clinically at regular intervals, with history and physical exam [6]. These recommendations are based upon the fact that the rate of progression from HSIL to anal SCC is poorly understood. In fact, in a study of 574 patients with HIV who underwent anal cancer screening, authors describe an incidence of 12.5% of HSIL [15]. In this study, only 6 cancers were detected, of which 2 had a prior history of HSIL.Importantly, 24% of patients with HSIL dem­onstrated spontaneous regression (to normal exam or LSIL). Many observational studies support the use of expectant management after diagnosis of HSIL.The exact interval for surveillance visits is not specied, as various studies have reported
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different follow up strategies. In a report of the University of California, San Francisco Anal Neoplasia Study and Anal Neoplasia Clinic, approximately 2,000 men with HIV were followed over time [16]. Initial lesions were treated with 85% trichloroacetic acid if they were small, and excision / ablation if they were larger. Those who declined therapy, had extensive lesions, or developed recurrent HSIL were followed with digital exam and high resolution anoscopy every 3–4months. The vast majority of patients who developed anal SCC had tumors detectable on digital exam alone. In another report of 341 patients with HSIL and HIV followed by a single surgeon for over 20years, anal cancer was detected at a rate of 1.3% per patient-year [17]. The follow up strategy included a history and exam (visual and digital) every 6months. In a large retrospective review of nearly 6 million patients treated in the Kaiser Permanente Southern California healthcare system, patients were followed with exam and referred for excision or fulguration of grossly abnor­mal or symptomatic lesions only. [18]. 90.7% of anal cancers were diagnosed in patients without HIV or prior high-risk lesions. The cumulative incidence of anal cancer among patients with prior anal dysplasia was 0.69% (6 out of 872 patients). Therefore, a minimum follow up strategy of anal exam (including digital exam) with ofce anoscopy (high resolution or basic) at an interval of 3–6months is rea­sonable and supported by data.
Numerous studies have described the use of topical therapies for chemical abla-
tion of HSIL. Topical therapies are an attractive option, as they reduce the need for invasive procedures, and can typically be applied in the privacy of one’s home. They certainly are not without side effects, and can cause pain and bleeding which may limit compliance with this treatment option. The agents described include 5% imiquimod, 1% cidofovir, 5-uorouracil (5-FU), and 80% trichloracetic acid (TCA), based upon small, but randomized clinical trials or case series in the late 2000s and early 2010s. A recent systematic review evaluated these studies together [19]. Unfortunately, the vast majority of such studies suffered from a signicant degree of bias. Compliance rates were quite good, at least 79%, though many studies reported 100% compliance. The ranges for the rate of complete response were 14–74% for imiquimod, 15–59% for cidofovir, 9–86% for 5-FU, and 28–72% for TCA.Rates of recurrence ranged from 16–71% for imiquimod, unknown-12% for cidofovir, 0–58% for 5-FU, and 15–28% for TCA.Obviously, such wide ranges should raise suspicion about the true result. Furthermore, many of these therapies are not FDA-approved for treatment of anal HSIL, and depending on the patient’s insurance status, may be prohibitively expensive. Therefore, topical ablation can be used safely and is generally well-tolerated, but the effectiveness is really unknown.
The next category of treatment options for HSIL is that of physical ablation.
Methods typically used for this include electrocautery, infrared coagulation and laser. As with chemical ablation, reports of physical ablation began to appear in large numbers in the late 2000s and frequently in the 2010s. These were largely retrospective reviews of single institution experiences. This is also true of the major­ity of the more recent literature on this topic. Electrocautery is by far the most com­mon technique used, and newer literature explores other options. For example, a retrospective review of 81 patients treated with infrared coagulation via high
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resolution anoscopy demonstrated a recurrence rate of 25% at a median of 6months of follow up. [20] Two recent reports have described the use of radiofrequency abla­tion (RFA) as another option for treatment of HSIL.A small single-institution study of 21 patients treated with RFA showed a relatively high rate of recurrence of 29% at 1year [21]. A retrospective review of 12 patients demonstrated a 58% response rate; the remaining patients were retreated with electrocautery and achieved disease eradication at 1year from treatment [22]. Case reports have also described the use nitrous oxide cryoablation as another method for ablation [23]. Such novel therapies thus far lack high quality evidence to support their use, and therefore electrocautery remains the favored method for mechanical destruction of HSIL.Finally, the results of the much-awaited Anal Cancer-HSIL Outcomes Research (ANCHOR) trial have been published this year [24]. This was a large, phase 3 randomized, controlled trial comparing ablation of HSIL with active monitoring. Patients with HIV were invited to participate in a screening protocol, in which they underwent a physical exam, anal swab for cytology, and high resolution anoscopy (HRA). Any suspicious lesions at HRA were biopsied. If HSIL was conrmed, patients were invited to par­ticipate in the study. 10,723 patients were screened, of which 4,459 patients were randomized at 25U.S. sites between September 2014 and August 2021, 2,237in the treatment group and 2,222in the monitoring group. Patients in the treatment arm underwent immediate treatment with a goal of eradication of HSIL.The treatments included were ablation using with infrared coagulation, electrocautery and laser, excision or ablation under anesthesia, or topical treatments. Patients in the active monitoring arm underwent HRA every 6months; any visible lesions were biopsied annually to conrm HSIL and exclude anal cancer. Patients in either arm with con­cerning lesions were followed more closely (every 3months), and any lesions suspi­cious for cancer were biopsied. Patients found to have cancer were removed from the trial and referred for treatment. 4,446 patients were ultimately analyzed, 2227in the treatment group and 2219 in the monitoring group, with a median 25.3 and
27.2months of follow up, respectively. The vast majority of patients in the treat-
ment arm underwent ofce-based electrocautery ablation (83.6%). 86.3% of patients received only one type of ablative treatment, and 10.5% received two methods. There were 9 patients with SCC in the treatment group, and 21in the monitoring group. This translated to a cumulative incidence of anal cancer at 48months of
0.9% in the treatment group and 1.8% in the monitoring group, or a difference in
incidence between groups of about 0.2% per year. While this study showed a statistically- signicant reduction in progression from HSIL to anal cancer with aggressive treatment of HSIL over monitoring, the incidence of anal cancer in both groups was quite low. The number needed to treat to prevent one patient developing anal cancer is 111 ablations. With considerable cost, commitment from patients and pain, it remains a question whether this approach is justied.
One point of variability between the various techniques used for screening and
treatment is the use of HRA, as seen in the ANCHOR study above. HRA is per­formed in the ofce or operating room using a magnication anoscope and a topical agent, usually acetic acid or Lugol’s solution, to aid in the visualization of
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HSIL. Numerous studies have discussed using HRA as a screening tool to identify HSIL, and have shown it to be superior to cytology for detection of HSIL.However, once HSIL is diagnosed, it is not clear that HRA is superior to standard anoscopy for treatment of HSIL lesions, as no high quality comparative studies in this context exist; several recent studies conrm a low rate of progression to cancer in cohorts followed with standard anoscopy [2528]. The ASCRS clinical practice guidelines leave this as an optional method of surveillance. [6] What is clear, is that patients should be followed with some type of anoscopy, and any visible or palpable lesions should be treated.
For completeness of discussion, we will review the historical option of wide
excision of HSIL. This was a common practice described in the 1990s. In survey of 642 ASCRS members in 2000, 96% used wide local excision for small lesions of HSIL and 87% used it for large lesions [29]. Full thickness excision of lesion and surrounding skin was carried out, often requiring skin ap coverage. Scholeeld, etal. described 27 patients with AIN III treated with excision; they report a recur­rence rate of 30% and progression to cancer in 9% [30]. Brown, etal. described surgical excision in 34 patients, with a recurrence rate of 18% with a median 41months of follow up. [31] Importantly, only 14% of patients in this study achieved negative margins (free of high grade AIN). This study reported no progression to cancer, but a nearly 10% risk of anal stenosis or fecal incontinence. Due to the high risk of morbidity for little to no benet over less invasive options, wide surgical excision is no longer recommended.
Another exciting option which came and went was the HPV vaccine used as an
adjuvant treatment for HSIL. Vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV) has dramatically decreased the rate of HPV-associated squamous cell cancers, such as cervical, head and neck, and anal cancer. Vaccination of patients not infected with the HPV virus has shown to decrease the rate of HSIL as well in an industry­sponsored trial [32]. However, two double-blinded, randomized, controlled trials of patients with HIV have now shown that patients treated for HSIL prior to vaccina­tion were not less likely to have HSIL recurrence (63% recurrence in the vaccinated group versus 57% in the placebo group in one study, and 68.8% versus 61.3% in the other) [33, 34]. Therefore, vaccination as an adjuvant treatment for HSIL is not recommended.
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Recommendations
Based upon the above discussion, treatment or follow up for HSIL is important in the prevention of progression to anal SCC, based upon moderate-quality evidence. The challenge with this disease for the clinician is the lack of standardized follow up intervals for HSIL, or for surveillance after ablation of HSIL, as those which exist for cancer, guided by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. There is also a paucity of data for treatment of HSIL in patients without HIV, compared with the HIV-positive population.
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Personal View
In my practice, I do not typically perform primary screening for anal dysplasia, but work closely with specialists who do. Patients are referred to our clinic from a screening program with a lesion noted on digital exam or anoscopy, or a positive anal Pap smear. Other patients present with bothersome anal lesions. Rarely, distal rectal or anal lesions are biopsied at colonoscopy, resulting in a diagnosis of HSIL. In all of these cases, I recommend a careful anal exam under anesthesia in the operat­ing room. I use high magnication loupes, and stain the anal canal with acetic acid to assist with identication of HSIL.Lesions are biopsied to conrm the diagnosis, and ablated with electrocautery. Patients are then entered into a follow up program, which I will detail below. Occasionally, patients are found to have HSIL inciden­tally on pathologic evaluation after hemorrhoidectomy or excision of condylomas. These patients are similarly entered into the below follow up program.
The intensity of follow up after the initial encounter for HSIL depends upon each
patient’s risk factors and personal risk tolerance. Patients without obvious immuno­suppression are tested for HIV, as this clearly affects their risk of future anal cancer; any patient diagnosed with HIV is referred for treatment. Patients who are smoking are referred for smoking cessation [9, 35]. Patients who are immunosuppressed due to transplantation have been shown to be at higher risk for HSIL [36]. When they are diagnosed with HSIL, I discuss the diagnosis with their transplant medicine team, and discuss whether there is room to reduce the degree of immunosuppression with­out compromise to the transplant.
For patients who are not immunosuppressed, I typically recommend ofce anos-
copy and digital exam at 6months, and a surveillance biopsy / ablation at 12months. If there is no recurrent or residual HSIL, then I recommend annual ofce exam and anoscopy. If there is recurrent HSIL, then we repeat the follow up and surveillance pattern.
For patients who are immunosuppressed (HIV positive, transplant, inammatory
bowel disease on immunosuppression, etc.), I recommend an ofce exam in 3months, and surveillance biopsy / ablation at 6months. If there is no HSIL at that point, I recommend ofce exam and anoscopy every 6months. If there is recurrent HSIL, we repeat the follow up and surveillance pattern, but in that case, I prescribe a course of imiquimod prior to the next visit. I nd that this is generally well­tolerated, and based upon the above data, it may be helpful, particularly in a high­risk population. I have a frank conversation with patients about the limited utility of this method of ablation compared with electrocautery, and discuss with them that if the cost is prohibitive or if they experience any side effects, we would not use this modality.
If at any point there is a visible or palpable lesion at the ofce visit, I recommend
repeat biopsy and ablation. If HSIL is conrmed, the follow up plan restarts. Of course, any patient found to have anal cancer is referred for appropriate treatment.
Particularly for patients without immunosuppression, we discuss the overall low
risk of SCC, paucity of data and variability in treatment and surveillance options. If patients are less risk averse, and more concerned with missing work for procedures
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or having pain from biopsies, we may forgo the surveillance biopsy visit and follow with ofce exam and standard anoscopy instead. What is clear from the data is that some type of treatment and follow up is necessary, and I do my best to tailor this for each individual patient.
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