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00:00Hello there, welcome to the last installation of putting Dr. Chee on the spot in the month

00:04of October when we're focusing a lot of issues related to HPV.

00:09We've dealt with genital warts, cervical cancer and oropharyngeal cancer and today we're going

00:14to deal with anal cancer.

00:22Anal cancer is well known to be associated with HPV.

00:26In fact there are two types of HPV, one is HPV-16 and HPV-18.

00:32What is believed is that although somebody can actually get rid of the disease itself

00:36with a natural immunity, however some people may not be able to get rid of it and that

00:42will turn into genital warts and subsequently will cause changes in the cells and the early

00:49pre-cancerous changes may lead to cancers of the anus.

00:54So many people don't know that HPV in fact affects women a lot more than men, especially

01:00older women.

01:01We actually don't know why.

01:03However we know that older women who are age 60 and above are more subjected to HPV infection

01:10in the anus and subsequently may progress to anal cancer.

01:16So contrary to common belief that anal cancer only happens in men having sex with men, in

01:23fact the chances of men getting such cancer is about three-fold less than a woman.

01:29So what exactly is causing anal cancer?

01:33The HPV transmissions during sexual activity or during contact may actually harbour itself

01:40on the anal verge and then with the lower immune system or somebody who actually have

01:47higher prognostic risk factors such as smoking, the cells may change form and turn into cancerous form.

01:56In fact it's observed in most high-income nations that anal cancer is creeping up by

02:02about 2% in women and 2.6% in men over the last decade.

02:08So therefore it is important for men, especially men, to actually build their immunity through vaccination.

02:16We know that the chances of men developing natural immunity from HPV 16 and 18 is as

02:23low as 3-8%.

02:26Therefore with a bit of helping hand from the vaccination, their immunity can go up

02:31to as high as 97% of antibody being produced after exposure to the vaccine within 7 months

02:40and the antibodies is sustained for more than 90% over a 10-year period.

02:46And if the study shows that, then we know nature is given a bit of a helping hand to

02:51boost men's response to contracting HPV and that subsequently will reduce the risk of

02:59getting anal cancer, oropharyngeal cancer, genital wart and also renal cancer in men.

03:06For following week, if we are venturing into the month of November and Movember, November

03:12we also focus on another form of cancer which is predominantly male-related cancer.

03:19So next week we're going to talk about the diagnosis of prostate cancer and how do you

03:23know you've got prostate cancer.

03:26So if you're interested, stay tuned for next week's Putting Dr. G on the Spot.

EP245: Cancer in anus | PUTTING DR G ON THE SPOT

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