By Dr (Isobel) Mary Poynten

Book Chapters

Grulich AE; Hillman RJ; Poynten IM, 2018, 'Prevention of and screening for anal cancer', in , Wiley, pp. 101 - 110, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118990957.ch9

Grulich AE; Jin F; Poynten IM, 2017, 'Anal cancer', in Schottenfeld and Fraumeni Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Fourth Edition, pp. 707 - 714, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190238667.003.0037

Poynten IM, 2015, 'Current policy and research on cancer in LGBT communities internationally', in Cancer and the LGBT Community: Unique Perspectives from Risk to Survivorship, Springer Link, pp. 293 - 312, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15057-4_18

Journal articles

Jin F; Poynten IM; Hillman RJ; Law C; Molano M; Fairley CK; Garland SM; Templeton DJ; Grulich AE; Roberts J; Acraman B; Carr A; Carroll S; Cooper D; Cornall A; Crampton L; Fairley C; Farnsworth A; Feeney L; Fraissard E; Garland S; Grulich A; Hillman R; Howard K; Jin F; Law C; Law M; Machalek D; McCaffery K; McGrath P; Mellor R; Norris R; O'Dwyer M; Pendlebury S; Petoumenos K; Phillips S; Molano M; Poynten IM; Prestage G; Richards A; Roberts J; Schema L; Seeds D; Segelov E; Tabrizi S; Templeton D; Thurloe J; Tong W; Varma R, 2025, 'Does use of anal cytology as a triage test improve the performance of high-risk human papillomavirus screening in gay and bisexual men for anal cancer prevention?', International Journal of Cancer, 156, pp. 575 - 586, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.35185

Dyer CEF; Jin F; Hillman RJ; Nyitray AG; Roberts JM; Law C; Grulich AE; Poynten IM, 2025, 'Self-collected versus clinician-collected anal swabs for anal cancer screening: A systematic review and meta-analysis', International Journal of Cancer, 156, pp. 79 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.35133

Jin F; Vajdic CM; Poynten IM; McGee-Avila JK; Castle PE; Grulich AE, 2024, 'Cancer risk in people living with HIV and solid organ transplant recipients: a systematic review and meta-analysis', The Lancet Oncology, 25, pp. 933 - 944, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00189-X

Goddard SL; Poynten IM; Petoumenos K; Jin F; Hillman RJ; Fairley CK; Garland SM; Grulich AE; Templeton DJ, 2024, 'Factors Associated with Recent Decline in Anal Health among Older Gay and Bisexual Men: A Cross-sectional Analysis', Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, 28, pp. 305 - 309, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/LGT.0000000000000818

Stier EA; Clarke MA; Deshmukh AA; Wentzensen N; Liu Y; Poynten IM; Cavallari EN; Fink V; Barroso LF; Clifford GM; Cuming T; Goldstone SE; Hillman RJ; Rosa-Cunha I; La Rosa L; Palefsky JM; Plotzker R; Roberts JM; Jay N, 2024, 'International Anal Neoplasia Society's consensus guidelines for anal cancer screening', International Journal of Cancer, 154, pp. 1694 - 1702, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.34850

Farrell R; Zaunders J; Poynten IM; Anderson L; Evans L, 2024, 'Concurrent nonavalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and immune stimulation with imiquimod to treat recalcitrant HPV-associated high grade vaginal intra-epithelial neoplasia', Gynecologic Oncology Reports, 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2024.101350

Poynten IM; Jin F; Farrell R; Tejada-Berges T; Law C; Hillman R; Roberts J; Grulich A, 2024, 'Anal cancer screening in women with a history of human papillomavirus-related lower genital tract cancers: a pilot study', Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinical Medicine, 4, pp. e000001 - e000001, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gocm-2024-000001

Nakiganda LJ; Bavinton BR; Poynten IM; Serwadda D; Bazaale JM; Grulich AE, 2024, 'Sexual pleasure and HIV-related worry in female sex workers on oral pre-exposure prophylaxis in south-western Uganda', Sexual Health, 21, pp. SH23056, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sh23056

Cheng Q; Poynten IM; Jin F; Grulich A; Ong JJ; Hillman RJ; Hruby G; Howard K; Newall AT; Boettiger DC, 2023, 'Cost-effectiveness of treating serendipitously diagnosed anal pre-cancerous lesions among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men living with HIV', The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100756

Phillips S; Cornall AM; Molano M; Jin F; Roberts JM; Farnsworth A; Hillman RJ; Templeton DJ; Poynten IM; Garland SM; Fairley CK; Murray GL; Tabrizi SN; Grulich AE; Machalek DA, 2023, 'Performance of Human Papillomavirus Attribution Algorithms to Predict Causative Genotypes in Anal High-Grade Lesions', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 227, pp. 1407 - 1416, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiac503

Di Ciaccio PR; Van Leeuwen MT; Amin J; Vajdic CM; McGregor S; Poynten IM; Templeton DJ; Law M; Grulich AE; Polizzotto MN; Jin F, 2023, 'Second Primary Cancers in People with HIV/AIDS: A National Data Linkage Study of Incidence and Risk Factors', Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 93, pp. 25 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000003172

Cheng Q; Poynten IM; Jin F; Grulich A; Ong JJ; Hillman RJ; Hruby G; Howard K; Newall A; Boettiger DC, 2023, 'Cost-effectiveness of screening and treating anal pre-cancerous lesions among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men living with HIV', The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100676

Wei F; Goodman MT; Xia N; Zhang J; Giuliano AR; D'Souza G; Hessol NA; Schim van der Loeff MF; Dai J; Neukam K; de Pokomandy A; Poynten IM; Geskus RB; Burgos J; Etienney I; Moscicki A-B; Donà MG; Gillison ML; Nyitray AG; Nowak RG; Yunihastuti E; Zou H; Hidalgo-Tenorio C; Phanuphak N; Molina J-M; Schofield AM; Kerr S; Fan S; Lu Y; Ong JJ; Chikandiwa AT; Teeraananchai S; Squillace N; Wiley DJ; Palefsky JM; Georges D; Alberts CJ; Clifford GM, 2023, 'Incidence and Clearance of Anal Human Papillomavirus Infection in 16 164 Individuals, According to Human Immunodeficiency Virus Status, Sex, and Male Sexuality: An International Pooled Analysis of 34 Longitudinal Studies.', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 76, pp. e692 - e701, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac581

Poynten IM; Jin F; Molano M; Machalek DA; Roberts JM; Hillman RJ; Cornall A; Phillips S; Templeton DJ; Law C; Fairley CK; Grulich AE; Garland SM, 2022, 'Comparison of four assays for human papillomavirus detection in the anal canal', Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 28, pp. 1652.e1 - 1652.e6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2022.06.027

Phillips S; Cassells K; Garland SM; Machalek DA; Roberts JM; Templeton DJ; Jin F; Poynten IM; Hillman RJ; Grulich AE; Murray GL; Tabrizi SN; Molano M; Cornall AM, 2022, 'Gene methylation of CADM1 and MAL identified as a biomarker of high grade anal intraepithelial neoplasia', Scientific Reports, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07258-5

Nakiganda LJ; Grulich AE; Poynten IM; Serwadda D; Bazaale JM; Jin J; Bavinton BR, 2022, 'Self-reported and pill count measures of adherence to oral HIV PrEP among female sex workers living in South-Western Uganda', PLoS ONE, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277226

Poynten IM; Jin F; Molano M; Roberts JM; Hillman RJ; Templeton DJ; Law C; Stanley MA; Waterboer T; Farnsworth A; Fairley CK; Garland SM; Grulich AE, 2022, 'Possible Reactivation of Latent Anal Human Papillomavirus Associated with Markers of Immune Dysfunction in Gay and Bisexual Men', Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, 31, pp. 1052 - 1057, http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-21-1346

Poynten IM; Jin F; Roberts JM; Templeton DJ; Law C; Cornall AM; Molano M; Machalek DA; Carr A; Farnsworth A; Tabrizi S; Phillips S; Fairley CK; Garland SM; Hillman RJ; Grulich AE, 2022, 'The Natural History of Anal High-grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions in Gay and Bisexual Men (vol 72, pg 853, 2021)', CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac150

Wong IKJ; Poynten IM; Cornall A; Templeton DJ; Molano M; Garland SM; Fairley CK; Law C; Hillman RJ; Polizzotto MN; Grulich AE; Jin F, 2022, 'Sexual behaviours associated with incident high-risk anal human papillomavirus among gay and bisexual men', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 98, pp. 101 - 107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2020-054851

Nakiganda LJ; Bavinton BR; Grulich AE; Serwadda D; Nakubulwa R; Poynten IM; Bell S, 2022, 'Social Influences on Engagement With HIV Testing, Treatment and Care Services Among Men Who Have Sex With Men Living in Rural Uganda', Qualitative Health Research, 32, pp. 635 - 645, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10497323211058162

Albuquerque A; Stockdale CK; Heller D; Bornstein J; Roberts JM; Preti M; Poynten IM; Vieira-Baptista P, 2022, 'Vulvar High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions and Cancer as a Risk Factor for Anal Cancer: A Review', Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, 26, pp. 32 - 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/LGT.0000000000000631

Wong IKJ; Grulich AE; Poynten IM; Polizzotto MN; van Leeuwen MT; Amin J; McGregor S; Law M; Templeton DJ; Vajdic CM; Jin F; Law M, 2022, 'Time trends in cancer incidence in Australian people living with HIV between 1982 and 2012', HIV Medicine, 23, pp. 134 - 145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hiv.13179

Durukan D; Phillips TR; Murray GL; Ong JJ; Grulich AE; Poynten IM; Jin F; Bradshaw CS; Aguirre I; Silvers J; Kent H; Atchison S; Balgovind P; Cornall A; Chen MY; Fairley CK; Chow EPF, 2021, 'Intra-anal imiquimod cream against human papillomavirus infection in men who have sex with men living with hiv: A single-arm, open-label pilot study', Journal of Clinical Medicine, 10, pp. 4477, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10194477

Wei F; Gaisa MM; D'Souza G; Xia N; Giuliano AR; Hawes SE; Gao L; Cheng SH; Donà MG; Goldstone SE; Schim van der Loeff MF; Neukam K; Meites E; Poynten IM; Dai J; Combes JD; Wieland U; Burgos J; Wilkin TJ; Hernandez AL; Iribarren Díaz M; Hidalgo-Tenorio C; Valencia Arredondo M; Nyitray AG; Wentzensen N; Chow EP; Smelov V; Nowak RG; Phanuphak N; Woo YL; Choi Y; Hu Y; Schofield AM; Woestenberg PJ; Chikandiwa AT; Hickey AC; de Pokomandy A; Murenzi G; Péré H; del Pino M; Ortiz AP; Charnot-Katsikas A; Liu X; Chariyalertsak S; Strong C; Ong JJ; Yunihastuti E; Etienney I; Ferré VM; Zou H; Segondy M; Chinyowa S; Alberts CJ; Clifford GM, 2021, 'Epidemiology of anal human papillomavirus infection and high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions in 29 900 men according to HIV status, sexuality, and age: a collaborative pooled analysis of 64 studies', The Lancet HIV, 8, pp. e531 - e543, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(21)00108-9

Poynten IM; Jin F; Garland SM; Hillman RJ; Molano M; Roberts JM; Templeton DJ; Phillips S; Law C; Fairley CK; Farnsworth A; Grulich AE, 2021, 'HIV, Immune Dysfunction, and the Natural History of Anal High-Risk Human Papillomavirus Infection in Gay and Bisexual Men', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 224, pp. 246 - 257, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaa723

Nakiganda LJ; Bell S; Grulich AE; Serwadda D; Nakubulwa R; Poynten IM; Bavinton BR, 2021, 'Understanding and managing HIV infection risk among men who have sex with men in rural Uganda: a qualitative study', BMC public health, 21, pp. 1309, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11365-9

Poynten IM; Jin F; Roberts JM; Templeton DJ; Law C; Cornall AM; Molano M; MacHalek DA; Carr A; Farnsworth A; Tabrizi S; Phillips S; Fairley CK; Garland SM; Hillman RJ; Grulich AE, 2021, 'The Natural History of Anal High-grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions in Gay and Bisexual Men', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 72, pp. 853 - 861, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa166

Clifford GM; Georges D; Shiels MS; Engels EA; Albuquerque A; Poynten IM; de Pokomandy A; Easson AM; Stier EA, 2021, 'A meta-analysis of anal cancer incidence by risk group: Toward a unified anal cancer risk scale', International Journal of Cancer, 148, pp. 38 - 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.33185

Goddard SL; Poynten IM; Petoumenos K; Jin F; Hillman RJ; Law C; Roberts JM; Fairley CK; Garland SM; Grulich AE; Templeton DJ, 2021, 'Self-reported anal symptoms and their association with anal pathology among gay and bisexual men: A cross-sectional observational analysis', Sexual Health, 18, pp. 123 - 129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH20104

Wong A; Prestage GP; Poynten IM; Jin F; Hillman RJ; Law C; Fairley CK; Garland SM; Grulich AE; Templeton DJ; Cunningham P, 2020, 'Effect of age on the association between recreational drug use and sexual risk behaviour: A cross-sectional observational analysis', Sexual Health, 17, pp. 538 - 542, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH20115

Roberts JM; Poynten IM; Molano M; Machalek DA; Hillman RJ; Guzman P; Jin F; Templeton DJ; Fairley CK; Law C; Garland SM; Grulich AE; Cornall AM; Cunningham P, 2020, 'Human papillomavirus genotypes in anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL): Anal intraepithelial neoplasia grades 2 (AIN2) and 3 (AIN3) are different', Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, 29, pp. 2078 - 2083, http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-20-0664

Goddard SL; Templeton DJ; Petoumenos K; Jin F; Hillman RJ; Law C; Roberts JM; Fairley CK; Garland SM; Grulich AE; Poynten IM; Farnsworth A; Biro C; Richards A; Thurloe J; Ekman D; McDonald R; Adams M; Tabrizi S; Phillips S; Luque MM; Comben S; McCaffery K; Howard K; Kelly P; Seeds D; Carr A; Feeney L; Gluyas R; Prestage G; Law M; Acraman B; McGrath P; Mellor R; Pezzopane P; Varma R; Langton-Lockton J; Tong W; Han A, 2020, 'Prevalence and association of perianal and intra-anal warts with composite high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions among gay and bisexual men: Baseline data from the study of the prevention of anal cancer', AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 34, pp. 436 - 443, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/apc.2020.0067

Cvejic E; Poynten IM; Kelly PJ; Jin F; Howard K; Grulich AE; Templeton DJ; Hillman RJ; Law C; Roberts JM; McCaffery K, 2020, 'Psychological and utility-based quality of life impact of screening test results for anal precancerous lesions in gay and bisexual men: Baseline findings from the Study of the Prevention of Anal Cancer', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 96, pp. 177 - 183, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2019-054098

Jin F; Poynten IM; Grulich AE, 2020, 'HIV treatment and anal cancer: emerging clarity', The Lancet HIV, 7, pp. e220 - e221, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(20)30027-8

Templeton DJ; Williamson C; Jin F; Hillman RJ; Roberts JM; Law C; Fairley CK; Garland SM; Grulich AE; Poynten IM, 2020, 'Prevalence and associations of larger burden of intra-anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions at baseline in an Australian cohort of gay and bisexual men: The Study of the Prevention of Anal Cancer', Cancer Epidemiology, 64, pp. 101661, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2019.101661

Waterboer T; Brenner N; Gallagher R; Hillman RJ; Jin F; Grulich A; Poynten IM, 2020, 'Early Detection of Human Papillomavirus-Driven Oropharyngeal Cancer Using Serology from the Study of Prevention of Anal Cancer', JAMA Oncology, 6, pp. 1806 - 1808, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.4527

Goddard SL; Poynten IM; Petoumenous K; Jin F; Hillman RJ; Law C; Roberts JM; Fairley CK; Garland SM; Grulich AE; Templeton DJ; Cunningham P; Prestage G; Tong W; Varma R, 2019, 'Prevalence, incidence and predictors of anal Chlamydia trachomatis, anal Neisseria gonorrhoeae and syphilis among older gay and bisexual men in the longitudinal Study for the Prevention of Anal Cancer (SPANC)', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 95, pp. 477 - 483, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2019-054011

Zablotska IB; Vaccher SJ; Bloch M; Carr A; Foster R; Grulich AE; Guy R; McNulty A; Ooi C; Pell C; Poynten IM; Prestage G; Ryder N; Templeton D; Cheung C; Gianacas C; Holt M; Kaldor J; Mackie B; Mayer K; McAllister J; Murphy D; de Wit J; Wright E, 2019, 'High Adherence to HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis and No HIV Seroconversions Despite High Levels of Risk Behaviour and STIs: The Australian Demonstration Study PrELUDE', AIDS and Behavior, 23, pp. 1780 - 1789, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-018-2290-3

Jin F; Vajdic CM; Law M; Amin J; Van Leeuwen M; McGregor S; Poynten IM; Templeton DJ; Grulich AE; Cunningham P; Han A, 2019, 'Incidence and time trends of anal cancer among people living with HIV in Australia', AIDS, 33, pp. 1361 - 1368, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000002218

Vaccher SJ; Marzinke MA; Templeton DJ; Haire BG; Ryder N; McNulty A; Foster R; Grulich AE; Zablotska IB; Bloch M; Carr A; Cheung C; Gianacas C; Guy R; Holt M; Kaldor J; Mackie B; Mayer K; McAllister J; Murphy D; Ooi C; Pell C; Poynten IM; Prestage G; de Wit J; Wright E; Callander D; Cooper D; Crooks L; Duck T; Holden J; Keen P; Kelleher A; Mitchell J; Price K; Selvey C; Schmidt HM; Telfer B; Whittaker B; Wilson D; de Wit J; Cooper D, 2019, 'Predictors of Daily Adherence to HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis in Gay/Bisexual Men in the PRELUDE Demonstration Project', AIDS and Behavior, 23, pp. 1287 - 1296, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-018-2353-5

Rosales BM; Langton-Lockton J; Cornall AM; Roberts JM; Hillman RJ; Webster AC, 2019, 'Transplant Recipients and Anal Neoplasia Study: Design, Methods, and Participant Characteristics of a Prevalence Study', Transplantation Direct, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/TXD.0000000000000873

Goddard SL; Templeton DJ; Petoumenos K; Jin F; Hillman RJ; Law C; Roberts JM; Fairley CK; Garland SM; Grulich AE; Poynten IM; Prestage G; Tong W; Carr A; Varma R, 2019, 'Association of anal symptoms with anal high grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL) among men who have sex with men: Baseline data from the study of the prevention of anal cancer (SPANC)', Cancer Epidemiology, 58, pp. 12 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2018.10.009

Feeney L; Poynten M; Jin FJ; Cooper C; Templeton DJ; O'Dwyer MR; Grulich A; Hillman RJ, 2019, 'Awareness and knowledge of anal cancer in a community-recruited sample of HIV-negative and HIV-positive gay and bisexual men', Sexual Health, 16, pp. 240 - 246, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH18219

Polizzotto M; Van Bockel D; Law C; Roberts J; Buckland G; Just S; Comben S; Hillman R; Gilson R; Pett S; Poynten M; Law M; Kelleher A; Emery S, 2019, 'Clearance of HPV Anal Premalignant Lesions and Modulation of Systemic Immune Responses to HPV Oncogenes with Low Dose Pomalidomide', Annals of Oncology, 30, pp. xi35 - xi35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdz451.005

Poynten IM; Waterboer T; Jin F; Templeton DJ; Hillman RJ; Law C; Cornall A; Tabrizi S; Roberts JM; Garland SM; Fairley CK; Grulich AE, 2018, 'Human papillomavirus seroprevalence and association with anal HPV infection and squamous intraepithelial lesions in Australian gay and bisexual men', Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, 27, pp. 768 - 775, http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-17-0694

Roberts JM; Jin F; Poynten IM; Law C; Templeton DJ; Thurloe JK; Garland SM; Grulich AE; Farnsworth A; Hillman RJ, 2018, 'Histological outcomes of anal high-grade cytopredictions', Cancer Cytopathology, 126, pp. 136 - 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cncy.21936

Russo S; Mccaffery K; Ellard J; Poynten M; Prestage G; Templeton DJ; Hillman R; Law C; Grulich AE, 2018, 'Experience and psychological impact of anal cancer screening in gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men: a qualitative study', Psycho-Oncology, 27, pp. 125 - 131, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pon.4480

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