Actress Marcia Cross wants to raise awareness and end shame surrounding anal cancer -- which has been on the rise over the past several decades, according to the National Cancer Institute
Marcia Cross says her anal cancer is linked to HPV and husband's throat cancerCross, who completed radiation and chemotherapy and is in remission, wants to raise awareness and end shame surrounding anal cancer -- which has been on the rise over the past several decades, according to the National Cancer Institute."I know that there are people who are ashamed," Cross, 57, said on"CBS This Morning.""You have cancer.
The American Cancer Society says that certain groups at higher risk -- like recipients of an organ transplant and men who have sex with men -- might benefit from a screening measure like the"anal pap," which looks for precancerous cellular changes when the anus is swabbed. But there's no widely accepted recommendation.
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