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Anal Cancer
Reports on anal cancer findings from Cleveland Clinic provide new insights
March 24th, 2009
According to recent research from the United States, "Chemoradiotherapy is the standard treatment for anal cancer. Surgery is reserved for failure of therapy, but there are limited data examining outcomes after surgery." "From a prospective population-based database on radiation and surgical therapy, we compare outcomes for patients with anal cancer undergoing rectal resection after radiation with patients undergoing radiation alone. Patients undergoing surgical resection of the rectum after initial radiation (SRT) for squamous cell carcinoma of the anus, anal canal, cloacogenic zone, and overlapping lesions of the rectum and anal canal from 1983 to 2002 were identified...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-03-24)
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