Incidence of anal cancer, linked to hpv, on the rise

Dear Doctor: I’m old enough to remember the shock over actress Farrah Fawcett’s anal cancer diagnosis, which was not a disease you heard much about. Now I’m reading that this type of cancer is relatively common. Isn’t there some kind of screening test? Dear Reader: It’s true that Farrah Fawcett made international news when she went public with her diagnosis of anal cancer in 2006. Due to taboos a…