Regular screening is the most effective way to find cancer and, when caught early, prevent the disease from spreading. This article examines the relationship between anal sex and colorectal cancer It also looks at things to consider for safer anal sex and what the risk factors for colorectal cancer. Anal cancer has been on the rise over the decades due to papillomavirus (hpv), which is the major risk for anal cancer Anal cancer is not to be confused with colon cancer or rectal cancer. Colon cancer can be caused by a number of genetic and lifestyle factors, but anal cancer is almost always linked to a viral infection
Infection with certain types of human papillomavirus. No significant difference was found in relative risk of diagnosis of colorectal cancer in women who engaged in anal intercourse as compared to those who did not engage in anal intercourse.
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