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Induction Chemotherapy in Patients With Anal Canal Cancer: A Pilot Study

open access: yesClinical Colorectal Cancer, 2020
Purpose: To investigate the role of induction chemotherapy (IC) followed by definitive chemoradiotherapy in people with anal canal cancer with bulky disease at diagnosis.
Vincenzo Tombolini   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Cancer of the anal canal

The Lancet Oncology, 2004
Anal cancer is an uncommon tumour that represents 4% of all cancers of the lower gastrointestinal tract. Its pathogenesis and treatment have undergone substantial reassessment over the past two decades, and this is likely to continue. Anal cancer can be cured by synchronous chemoradiotherapy, a treatment that both enables anal continence to be retained
Matthew A, Clark   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Epidemiology of Anal Canal Cancer

Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America, 2017
Anal cancer is a rare malignancy, although its incidence has been increasingly in recent decades. This article discusses risk factors for anal cancer and how these risk factors affect the changing demographics of this disease.
Valerie M, Nelson, Al B, Benson
openaire   +2 more sources

Management of Anal Canal Cancer

Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, 2005
Chemoradiotherapy has replaced radical surgery as the initial treatment of choice for anal canal cancer. The roles of these therapeutic modalities are discussed and recommendations on management of anal canal cancer are made based on currently available evidence.
Harunobu, Sato   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Cancer of the Anal Canal

Medical Radiology, 2008
Anal cancer is a rare type of gastrointestinal malignancy. Over 80% of anal cancers are of squamous origin and arise from the squamous epithelium of the anal canal and perianal area. Recent evidence has demonstrated that the incidence of squamous cell carcinoma of anal cancer increases in immunocompromised patients. Approximately 10% are adenocarcinoma
Qing Zhang, Andre A. Abitbol
exaly   +3 more sources

Anal canal and perianal epidermoid cancers

Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 1997
Squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal serves as a paradigm for the successful application of multimodality treatment of solid tumors. Since 1974, multimodality treatment with combined radiation and chemotherapy has become the standard. The compelling advantage of sphincter preservation and the substantial survival benefit compared with surgery ...
P R, Fuchshuber   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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