“…Also, most prior studies in cervical cytology specimens employed antibodies from other manufacturers. 34,35,37,40 To our knowledge, the use of Hybrid Capture 2 (Digene, Gaithersburg, MD) HPV testing is not as well established in anal specimens as in cervical specimens in our institution. Therefore, we were unable to evaluate the HPV status in our patients and assess the correlation between p16 overexpression.…”