By Professor Richard John Hillman

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; Farnsworth A; Feeney L; Fraissard E; Howard K; Law M; Machalek D; McCaffery K; McGrath P; Mellor R; Norris R; O'Dwyer M; Pendlebury S; Petoumenos K; Phillips S; Prestage G; Richards A; Roberts J; Schema L; Seeds D; Segelov E; Tabrizi S; 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; Roberts JM; Poynten IM; Farnsworth A; McNally LP; Cunningham PH; Grulich AE; Hillman RJ, 2025, 'Self- versus clinician-collected swabs in anal cancer screening: A clinical trial', PLoS ONE, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0312781

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

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

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gocm-2024-000001

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

Wong J; Allwright M; Hruby G; Roberts JM; Carr A; Jin F; Gett R; Meagher AP; Hillman R, 2023, 'Anal cancer: a 20-year retrospective study from Australia', ANZ Journal of Surgery, 93, pp. 2697 - 2705, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ans.18586

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

Pham JP; Hillman RJ; Smith A, 2023, 'Re: ‘The impact of systemic psoriasis treatments on human papillomavirus activation and propagation’—What about anal malignancies?', Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 64, pp. e204 - e206, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajd.14009

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

Rumianek B; Hillman R; Jeoffreys N; Ghazanfar S; Schifter M; Ajwani S, 2023, 'Prevalence of oral HPV in the adult sample population in Sydney', Australian Dental Journal, 68, pp. 19 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/adj.12943

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

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

Barroso LF; Stier EA; Hillman R; Palefsky J, 2022, 'Anal Cancer Screening and Prevention: Summary of Evidence Reviewed for the 2021 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Sexually Transmitted Infection Guidelines', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 74, pp. S179 - S192, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac044

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

Rosales BM; Langton-Lockton J; Hedley J; Cornall AM; Roberts JM; Garland SM; Kelly PJ; Hillman RJ; Webster AC, 2021, 'Prevalence of anal cytological abnormalities and high-risk human papillomavirus prevalence in kidney transplant recipients: A cross-sectional study', Clinical Transplantation, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ctr.14476

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

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

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

Hillman R; Cuming T; Jay N; Goldstone S; Berry-Lawhorn M; Barroso L; Nathan M; Palefsky J, 2020, 'Do we really need guidelines for high resolution anoscopy during the COVID-19 pandemic? – Response', Colorectal Disease, 22, pp. 1024 - 1025, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/codi.15203

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

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

Goldstone SE; Hillman R; Jay N, 2019, 'What’s wrong with the status quo? Plenty', International Journal of Colorectal Disease, 34, pp. 941 - 942, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00384-019-03246-w

Ong JJ; Walker S; Grulich A; Hoy J; Read TRH; Bradshaw C; Chen M; Garland SM; Cornall A; Hillman R; Templeton DJ; Hocking J; Eu B; Tee B; Chow EPF; Fairley CK, 2019, 'Incidence, Clearance, and Persistence of Anal Human Papillomavirus in Men Who Have Sex with Men Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Implications for Human Papillomavirus Vaccination', Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 46, pp. 229 - 233, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000958

Hillman RJ; Berry-Lawhorn JM; Ong JJ; Cuming T; Nathan M; Goldstone S; Richel O; Barrosso LF; Darragh TM; Law C; Bouchard C; Stier EA; Palefsky JM; Jay N, 2019, 'International Anal Neoplasia Society Guidelines for the Practice of Digital Anal Rectal Examination', Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, 23, pp. 138 - 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/LGT.0000000000000458

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

Hillman RJ; Berry-Lawhorn JM; Ong JJ; Cuming T; Nathan M; Goldstone S; Richel O; F Barrosso L; M Darragh T; Law C; Bouchard C; Stier EA; Palefsky JM; Jay N; International Anal Neoplasia Society , 2019, 'International Anal Neoplasia Society Guidelines for the Practice of Digital Anal Rectal Examination.', J Low Genit Tract Dis, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/LGT.0000000000000458

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

Dessalegn NG; Hailemichael RG; Shewa-amare A; Sawleshwarkar S; Lodebo B; Amberbir A; Hillman RJ, 2019, 'HIV disclosure: HIV-positive status disclosure to sexual partners among individuals receiving HIV care in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia', PLoS ONE, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211967

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

Ong JJ; Walker S; Grulich A; Hoy J; Read TRH; Bradshaw C; Chen M; Garland SM; Cornall A; Hillman R; Templeton DJ; Hocking J; Eu B; Tee BK; Chow EPF; Fairley CK, 2019, 'Incidence, Clearance, and Persistence of Anal Human Papillomavirus in Men Who Have Sex With Men Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Implications for Human Papillomavirus Vaccination.', Sex Transm Dis, 46, pp. 229 - 233, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000958

Ong JJ; Walker S; Grulich A; Hoy J; Read TRH; Bradshaw C; Chen M; Garland SM; Hillman R; Templeton DJ; Hocking J; Eu B; Tee BK; Chow EPF; Fairley CK, 2018, 'Incorporating digital anorectal examinations for anal cancer screening into routine HIV care for men who have sex with men living with HIV: a prospective cohort study', Journal of the International AIDS Society, 21, pp. e25192, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25192

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

Hillman R; Langton-Lockton J; Rosales B; Roberts J; Cornall A; Grulich A; Webster A, 2018, 'Anal cytological abnormalities and human papilloma virus in kidney transplant recipients', Papillomavirus Research, 5, pp. S6 - S6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pvr.2018.07.014

Hillman R; Feeney L; Jin J; Cooper C; Templeton D; O’Dwyer M; Poynten M, 2018, 'Awareness and knowledge of anal cancer in a community-recruited sample targeting people with HIV and gay/bisexual men', Papillomavirus Research, 5, pp. S5 - S5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pvr.2018.07.013

Roberts JM; Molano M; Thurloe JK; Hillman RJ; Templeton DJ; Law C; Mary Poynten I; Jin F; Guzman P; Garland SM; Machalek DA; Grulich AE; Cornall AM, 2018, 'Correlation between HPV16 positivity on anal swab and biopsy-confirmed HSIL caused by HPV16 in the study of the prevention of anal cancer (SPANC)', Papillomavirus Research, 5, pp. S13 - S13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pvr.2018.07.031

Jones MP; Carroll S; Martin J; Hillman R; Grulich A; O’Connell D; Young C; Poynten IM, 2017, 'Management of early anal cancer: need for guidelines and standardisation', International Journal of Colorectal Disease, 32, pp. 1719 - 1724, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00384-017-2913-6

Jin F; Roberts JM; Grulich AE; Poynten IM; MacHalek DA; Cornall A; Phillips S; Ekman D; McDonald RL; Hillman RJ; Templeton DJ; Farnsworth A; Garland SM; Fairley CK; Tabrizi SN; Law C; Biro C; Richards A; Thurloe J; Adams M; McCaffery K; Howard K; Kelly P; Seeds D; Garcia M; Carr A; Feeney L; Gluyas R; Prestage G; Petoumenos K; Law M; Acraman B; McGrath P; Mellor R; Pezzopane P, 2017, 'The performance of human papillomavirus biomarkers in predicting anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions in gay and bisexual men', AIDS, 31, pp. 1303 - 1311, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000001462

Poynten IM; Tabrizi SN; Jin F; Templeton DJ; Machalek DA; Cornall A; Phillips S; Fairley CK; Garland SM; Law C; Carr A; Hillman RJ; Grulich AE, 2017, 'Vaccine-preventable anal human papillomavirus in Australian gay and bisexual men', Papillomavirus Research, 3, pp. 80 - 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pvr.2017.02.003

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