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Sleeping Around: Debating the vaccination - Independent
Posted: May 14th, 2008, 7:48am EDT
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Dog, owner battle cancer - Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Posted: May 14th, 2008, 6:40am EDT
Dog, owner battle cancer
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, CA - 14 hours ago
Tests at the vet's office revealed a jaw-dropping diagnosis: The dog had cancer that had spread from her anal gland into the lymph nodes near her aorta. ... -
What your bowels tell you about what you ate - Myrtle Beach Sun News
Posted: May 14th, 2008, 10:47pm EDT
What your bowels tell you about what you ate
Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC - 22 hours ago
The very last portion of the anal region is lined by the same type of cells that line the mouth. This means that buffalo wings can sometimes burn just as ... -
Anal Cancer - Journal of American Medical Association (subscription)
Posted: May 13th, 2008, 2:14pm EDT
Anal Cancer
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription), IL - May 13, 2008
Anal cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the anus. The anus is located at the end of the large intestine, ... -
Obsessed by a disorder - Gold Coast News
Posted: May 13th, 2008, 10:40am EDT
Obsessed by a disorder
Gold Coast News, Australia - May 13, 2008
Hard stools cause anal dilatation which hurts and may cause a tiny tear which increases discomfort. Application of a cream with some local anesthetic ... -
Stool's characteristics reveal much about diet - NewsOK.com (subscription)
Posted: May 13th, 2008, 7:23am EDT
Stool's characteristics reveal much about diet
NewsOK.com (subscription), OK - 13 hours ago
The very last portion of the anal region is lined by the same type of cells that line the mouth. This means that buffalo wings can sometimes burn just as ... -
Stool's characteristics reveal much about diet - NewsOK.com (subscription)
Posted: May 13th, 2008, 7:23am EDT
Stool's characteristics reveal much about diet
NewsOK.com (subscription), OK - May 13, 2008
The very last portion of the anal region is lined by the same type of cells that line the mouth. This means that buffalo wings can sometimes burn just as ... -
Protecting your parts - Michigan Daily
Posted: May 12th, 2008, 1:25am EDT
Protecting your parts
Michigan Daily, MI - May 12, 2008
Recent research has also shown that the vaccine holds promise for protecting men from genital and anal cancer. Research on the effects of the inoculations ... -
Feature: Protecting Filipino women from cervical cancer - Philippine Information Agency
Posted: May 9th, 2008, 6:19pm EDT
Feature: Protecting Filipino women from cervical cancer
Philippine Information Agency, Philippines - May 9, 2008
... to cervical cancer because this cancer is likely to afflict a woman who has warts of the high risk human papilloma virus in the anal and genetal areas; ... -
Why we're still dying for a fag - Irish Independent
Posted: May 9th, 2008, 12:48am EDT
Why we're still dying for a fag
Irish Independent, Ireland - May 8, 2008
Nobody likes being told what to do; specifically, nobody likes being told what to do by anal-retentive, sour-faced, meddling busybodies. ... -
HPV Vaccine Promotes Promiscuity? - Mom Logic
Posted: May 8th, 2008, 5:04am EDT
HPV Vaccine Promotes Promiscuity?
Mom Logic, CA - May 8, 2008
Never mind that human papillomavirus is linked to cervical cancer along with vulva, vaginal, penile and anal cancer. Never mind that an estimated one in ... -
The Diet Detective: The clues in your poo - The State
Posted: May 7th, 2008, 10:01pm EDT
The Diet Detective: The clues in your poo
The State, SC - May 6, 2008
The very last portion of the anal region is lined by the same type of cells that line the mouth. This means that buffalo wings can sometimes burn just as ... -
How what goes in comes out - Kentucky.com
Posted: May 6th, 2008, 7:42am EDT
How what goes in comes out
Kentucky.com, KY - May 6, 2008
The very last portion of the anal region is lined by the same type of cells that line the mouth. This means that buffalo wings can sometimes burn just as ... -
University Health Services near 1000th course of HPV vaccine - Princeton University The Daily Princetonian
Posted: May 5th, 2008, 11:35pm EDT
University Health Services near 1000th course of HPV vaccine
Princeton University The Daily Princetonian, United States - May 4, 2008
... anal, penile, head and neck cancers.” By age 50, 80 percent of women in the United States are infected with HPV. Cervical cancer kills 233000 women ... -
University Health Services near 1000th course of HPV vaccine - Princeton University The Daily Princetonian
Posted: May 5th, 2008, 11:35pm EDT
University Health Services near 1000th course of HPV vaccine
Princeton University The Daily Princetonian, United States - May 4, 2008
... anal, penile, head and neck cancers.” By age 50, 80 percent of women in the United States are infected with HPV. Cervical cancer kills 233000 women ... -
What Your Body's Waste Tells You About Your Diet - WBAY
Posted: May 2nd, 2008, 3:37pm EDT
What Your Body's Waste Tells You About Your Diet
WBAY, WI - May 2, 2008
The very last portion of the anal region is lined by the same type of cells as the mouth. This biologic reality means that buffalo wings can sometimes burn ... -
Astarte and Amaterasu - The Diverging Destinies of Europe and ... - Brussels Journal
Posted: May 2nd, 2008, 2:51pm EDT
Astarte and Amaterasu - The Diverging Destinies of Europe and ...
Brussels Journal, Belgium - May 2, 2008
It has decided, as per its intellectual seers, that the white race is the cancer of human history (2). It has decided not to be. ... -
Free vaccination to halve cervical cancer deaths - NZ Herald Auckland Metro
Posted: May 2nd, 2008, 11:59am EDT
Free vaccination to halve cervical cancer deaths
NZ Herald Auckland Metro, New Zealand - May 2, 2008
The vaccine, Gardasil, protects against two HPV strains linked to 70 per cent of cervical cancers, as well as other genital and anal cancers in both men and ... -
Free vaccination to halve cervical cancer deaths - NZ Herald Auckland Metro
Posted: May 2nd, 2008, 11:59am EDT
Free vaccination to halve cervical cancer deaths
NZ Herald Auckland Metro, New Zealand - May 2, 2008
The vaccine, Gardasil, protects against two HPV strains linked to 70 per cent of cervical cancers, as well as other genital and anal cancers in both men and ... -
Free vaccination to halve cervical cancer deaths - NZ Herald Auckland Metro
Posted: May 2nd, 2008, 11:59am EDT
Free vaccination to halve cervical cancer deaths
NZ Herald Auckland Metro, New Zealand - May 2, 2008
The vaccine, Gardasil, protects against two HPV strains linked to 70 per cent of cervical cancers, as well as other genital and anal cancers in both men and ... -
Free vaccination to halve cervical cancer deaths - New Zealand Herald
Posted: May 2nd, 2008, 11:37am EDT
Free vaccination to halve cervical cancer deaths
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - May 2, 2008
The vaccine, Gardasil, protects against two HPV strains linked to 70 per cent of cervical cancers, as well as other genital and anal cancers in both men and ... -
Vaccine research - Nature.com (subscription)
Posted: May 2nd, 2008, 10:37am EDT
Vaccine research
Nature.com (subscription), UK - May 2, 2008
It was during his time at Mackay's laboratory that Frazer observed that some of the HIV-positive men he treated had anal precancers caused by HPV. ... -
Surgery Effective in Very Elderly Patients with Lung Cancer - Cancer Consultants
Posted: May 2nd, 2008, 10:11am EDT
Surgery Effective in Very Elderly Patients with Lung Cancer
Cancer Consultants, ID - 10 hours ago
Researchers from the Hoag Cancer Center in California have reported that surgery for the treatment of non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in patients 80 ... -
You Are What You Poo – What Your Body's Solid Waste Can Tell You ... - KVAL
Posted: April 30th, 2008, 3:08pm EDT
What Your Body's Waste Tells You About Your Diet
WBAY, WI - 5 hours ago
The very last portion of the anal region is lined by the same type of cells as the mouth. This biologic reality means that buffalo wings can sometimes burn ... -
You Are What You Poo – What Your Body's Solid Waste Can Tell You ... - KVAL
Posted: April 30th, 2008, 3:08pm EDT
You Are What You Poo – What Your Body's Solid Waste Can Tell You ...
KVAL, OR - Apr 30, 2008
The very last portion of the anal region is lined by the same type of cells as the mouth. This biologic reality means that buffalo wings can sometimes burn ... -
You Are What You Poo – What Your Body's Solid Waste Can Tell You ... - KPIC
Posted: April 30th, 2008, 3:08pm EDT
You Are What You Poo – What Your Body's Solid Waste Can Tell You ...
KPIC, OR - Apr 30, 2008
The very last portion of the anal region is lined by the same type of cells as the mouth. This biologic reality means that buffalo wings can sometimes burn ... -
Web exclusive: For Sen. Halvorson, cancer prevention policy is ... - Kankakee Daily Journal
Posted: April 29th, 2008, 7:47pm EDT
Cervical cancer prevention is personal
Kankakee Daily Journal, IL - Apr 30, 2008
Though men can also contract HPV, they are far less likely to suffer from genital warts or cancer, though they still are at risk for penile or anal cancer, ... -
Mitomycin-based Chemoradiotherapy Standard for Carcinoma of the ... - Cancer Consultants
Posted: April 29th, 2008, 12:39pm EDT
Mitomycin-based Chemoradiotherapy Standard for Carcinoma of the ...
Cancer Consultants, ID - Apr 29, 2008
1 Anal cancer is an uncommon malignancy that is usually curable. It accounts for only a small percentage (4%) of all cancers of the lower alimentary tract. ... -
Study links HPV to lung cancer - abc13.com
Posted: April 28th, 2008, 8:36am EDT
Study links HPV to lung cancer
abc13.com, TX - Apr 28, 2008
... 11070 women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer in the United States. Other HPV-related cancers include vulva, vaginal, penile and anal. ... -
BEA Exhibitors: G - O - Publishers Weekly
Posted: April 28th, 2008, 12:07am EDT
BEA Exhibitors: G - O
Publishers Weekly, NY - 20 hours ago
From American Cancer Society: What Helped Me Get Through by Julie Silver; Kicking Butts by the American Cancer Society; The American Cancer Society: A ... -
BEA Exhibitors: G - O - Publishers Weekly
Posted: April 28th, 2008, 12:07am EDT
BEA Exhibitors: G - O
Publishers Weekly, NY - Apr 27, 2008
From American Cancer Society: What Helped Me Get Through by Julie Silver; Kicking Butts by the American Cancer Society; The American Cancer Society: A ... -
Stars, Bars and Skin - Gather.com
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 6:52am EDT
Stars, Bars and Skin
Gather.com, MA - Apr 26, 2008
It defines nudity, for instance, as the display of "human genitals, pubic area, anus, anal cleft, or any part of the female breast below a horizontal line ... -
Hope for Pregnancy After Cancer Treatment - MedIndia
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 10:19pm EDT
Hope for Pregnancy After Cancer Treatment
MedIndia, India - 22 hours ago
Ralf Dittrich and his colleagues from Erlangen University Hospital said that anal carcinoma was diagnosed in this young patient in 2004 and chemotherapy ... -
Hope for Pregnancy After Cancer Treatment - MedIndia
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 10:19pm EDT
Hope for Pregnancy After Cancer Treatment
MedIndia, India - Apr 25, 2008
Ralf Dittrich and his colleagues from Erlangen University Hospital said that anal carcinoma was diagnosed in this young patient in 2004 and chemotherapy ... -
Stars, Bars and Skin - Newsweek
Posted: April 25th, 2008, 2:30pm EDT
Stars, Bars and Skin
Gather.com, MA - Apr 26, 2008
It defines nudity, for instance, as the display of "human genitals, pubic area, anus, anal cleft, or any part of the female breast below a horizontal line ... -
Stars, Bars and Skin - Newsweek
Posted: April 25th, 2008, 2:30pm EDT
Stars, Bars and Skin
Newsweek - Apr 25, 2008
It defines nudity, for instance, as the display of "human genitals, pubic area, anus, anal cleft, or any part of the female breast below a horizontal line ... -
Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Effective for Early-stage Anal Carcinoma - Cancer Consultants
Posted: April 25th, 2008, 1:23pm EDT
Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Effective for Early-stage Anal Carcinoma
Cancer Consultants, ID - Apr 25, 2008
1 Anal cancer is an uncommon malignancy that is usually curable. It accounts for only a small percentage (4%) of all cancers of the lower alimentary tract. ... -
Health Tip: Protect Yourself Against Cervical Cancer - DentalPlans.com
Posted: April 25th, 2008, 9:15am EDT
Health Tip: Protect Yourself Against Cervical Cancer
DentalPlans.com, FL - Apr 25, 2008
(HealthDay News) -- A prime cause of cervical cancer is human papillomavirus, which includes more than 30 types that can be transmitted sexually. ... -
Health Tip: Protect Yourself Against Cervical Cancer - Washington Post
Posted: April 25th, 2008, 8:50am EDT
Health Tip: Protect Yourself Against Cervical Cancer
Washington Post, United States - 12 hours ago
(HealthDay News) -- A prime cause of cervical cancer is human papillomavirus, which includes more than 30 types that can be transmitted sexually. ... -
Health Tip: Protect Yourself Against Cervical Cancer - Washington Post
Posted: April 25th, 2008, 8:50am EDT
Health Tip: Protect Yourself Against Cervical Cancer
Washington Post, United States - Apr 25, 2008
(HealthDay News) -- A prime cause of cervical cancer is human papillomavirus, which includes more than 30 types that can be transmitted sexually. ... -
Health Tip: Protect Yourself Against Cervical Cancer - Washington Post
Posted: April 25th, 2008, 8:50am EDT
Health Tip: Protect Yourself Against Cervical Cancer
Washington Post, United States - Apr 25, 2008
(HealthDay News) -- A prime cause of cervical cancer is human papillomavirus, which includes more than 30 types that can be transmitted sexually. ... -
Health Tip: Protect Yourself Against Cervical Cancer - Washington Post
Posted: April 25th, 2008, 8:50am EDT
Health Tip: Protect Yourself Against Cervical Cancer
Washington Post, United States - Apr 25, 2008
(HealthDay News) -- A prime cause of cervical cancer is human papillomavirus, which includes more than 30 types that can be transmitted sexually. ... -
Health Tip: Protect Yourself Against Cervical Cancer - Austin American-Statesman
Posted: April 25th, 2008, 7:48am EDT
Health Tip: Protect Yourself Against Cervical Cancer
Austin American-Statesman, TX - Apr 25, 2008
(HealthDay News) -- A prime cause of cervical cancer is human papillomavirus, which includes more than 30 types that can be transmitted sexually. ... -
Pregnancy Possible After Cancer Treatment - RedOrbit
Posted: April 25th, 2008, 11:23pm EDT
Pregnancy Possible After Cancer Treatment
RedOrbit, TX - Apr 24, 2008
The woman was diagnosed with anal carcinoma in 2004 and chemotherapy followed by radiation was recommended. Ovaries near this type of tumor are often ... -
Pregnancy Possible After Cancer Treatment - RedOrbit
Posted: April 25th, 2008, 11:23pm EDT
Pregnancy Possible After Cancer Treatment
RedOrbit, TX - Apr 24, 2008
The woman was diagnosed with anal carcinoma in 2004 and chemotherapy followed by radiation was recommended. Ovaries near this type of tumor are often ... -
Pregnancy possible after cancer treatment - United Press International
Posted: April 24th, 2008, 8:44pm EDT
Pregnancy possible after cancer treatment
United Press International - 15 minutes ago
The woman was diagnosed with anal carcinoma in 2004 and chemotherapy followed by radiation was recommended. Ovaries near this type of tumor are often ... -
Homoerotic Fabulous Faerie Film Fundraiser - San Francisco Bay Times
Posted: April 24th, 2008, 5:27pm EDT
Homoerotic Fabulous Faerie Film Fundraiser
San Francisco Bay Times, CA - 3 hours ago
The clowns participated in the March 15 anti-war march and will clown for the May 10th Revlon Cancer Walk, among other events where they tend to pop up. ... -
Hate Mail: Back from break and feelin' buff with Buffy - CBSSports.com
Posted: April 24th, 2008, 10:30am EDT
Hate Mail: Back from break and feelin' buff with Buffy
CBSSports.com - 10 hours ago
And since you obviously appreciate as much precision as possible, let me say that you're not "anal." You're Obsessively Compulsively Anal. ... -
HPV Concern For Men: What Do Men Need To Know? - Athens Exchange
Posted: April 24th, 2008, 6:21am EDT
HPV Concern For Men: What Do Men Need To Know?
Athens Exchange, GA - 14 hours ago
by Jim Diffly The Human Papillomavirus infects around 6 million new people each year, and certain strains of the virus can lead to penile or anal cancer in ... -
Civility, ethics and good business vs. bigotry, discrimination and ... - Online Journal
Posted: April 24th, 2008, 10:45pm EDT
Civility, ethics and good business vs. bigotry, discrimination and ...
Online Journal, FL - 22 hours ago
If you’ve got cancer in your little toe, do you say, “Well, you know, I’m going to forget about it because the rest of me is fine. ...
PubMed - Anal Cancer
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Images in HIV/AIDS. The changing face of anal cancer.
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Related Articles Images in HIV/AIDS. The changing face of anal cancer.
AIDS Read. 2008 Apr;18(4):185-7
Authors: Romassi M, Nagle D
PMID: 18472440 [PubMed - in process]
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EXTRA-A Multicenter Phase II Study of Chemoradiation Using a 5 Day per Week Oral Regimen of Capecitabine and Intravenous Mitomycin C in Anal Cancer.
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Related Articles EXTRA-A Multicenter Phase II Study of Chemoradiation Using a 5 Day per Week Oral Regimen of Capecitabine and Intravenous Mitomycin C in Anal Cancer.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008 May 7;
Authors: Glynne-Jones R, Meadows H, Wan S, Gollins S, Leslie M, Levine E, McDonald AC, Myint S, Samuel L, Sebag-Montefiore D,
PURPOSE: 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) + mitomycin C (MMC)-based chemoradiotherapy is standard treatment for patients with epidermoid anal carcinoma. Clinical trials in other cancers have confirmed 5-FU can successfully be replaced by the oral fluoropyrimidine capecitabine. This phase II trial aimed to determine the feasibility, toxicity, and efficacy of capecitabine, MMC and radiotherapy (RT) in anal cancer patients. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Radiotherapy comprised the schedule of the UK Anal Cancer Trial (ACT) II trial (50.4 Gy in 28 fractions of 1.8 Gy). With MMC (12 mg/m(2)) on Day 1 and capecitabine on each RT treatment day in two divided doses (825 mg/m(2) b.i.d). The endpoints were complete response at 4 weeks, local control at 6 months and toxicity. RESULTS: Thirty-one patients entered the trial. The median age was 61 years (range 45-86) with 14 males and 17 females. Compliance with chemotherapy with no dose interruptions or delays was 68%, and with RT was 81%. Eighteen (58%) patients completed both modalities of treatment as planned. Dose-limiting Grade 3 or 4 diarrhea was seen in 1 of 31 patients. Three patients experienced Grade 3 neutropenia. There were no treatment-related deaths. Four weeks following completion of chemoradiation, 24 patients (77%) had a complete clinical response, and 4 (16%) a partial response. With a median follow-up of 14 months, three locoregional relapses occurred. CONCLUSIONS: Capecitabine with MMC and RT in with patients anal carcinoma is well tolerated, with minimal toxicity and acceptable compliance. We recommend testing this schedule in future national Phase III studies in anal cancer.
PMID: 18472366 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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Evaluation of Planned Treatment Breaks during Radiation Therapy for Anal Cancer: Update of RTOG 92-08.
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Related Articles Evaluation of Planned Treatment Breaks during Radiation Therapy for Anal Cancer: Update of RTOG 92-08.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008 May 7;
Authors: Konski A, Garcia M, John M, Krieg R, Pinover W, Myerson R, Willett C
PURPOSE: Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) 92-08 began as a single arm, Phase II trial for patients with anal cancer consisting of radiation (RT) + 5-flourouracil + mitomycin-C with a mandatory 2-week break and was amended after completion to evaluate the same treatment regimen without a treatment break. Long-term efficacy and late toxicity reporting are the specific aims of this study. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Survivals were estimated with the Kaplan-Meier method. Overall survival (OS) was compared with RTOG 87-04 with the log-rank test. Time to local failure, regional failure, locoregional failure (LRF), distant metastases, second primary, and colostomy failure were estimated by the cumulative incidence method. LRF was compared with RTOG 87-04 using the Gray's test. RESULTS: Forty-seven patients entered in the mandatory treatment break cohort. The study was reopened in 1995 to the no mandatory treatment break cohort completing accrual with 20 patients in 1996. Of 67 total patients, 1 patient in the mandatory treatment break portion of the study did not receive any protocol treatment and is excluded from analyses. After adjusting for tumor size, neither cohort showed a statistically significant difference in OS or LRF compared with the RTOG 87-04 mitomycin-C arm. No patient in either cohort experienced a Grade 3 or higher late toxicity. CONCLUSIONS: No statistically significant differences were seen in OS or LRF when compared to the mitomycin-C arm of RTOG 87-04, but the sample sizes for the mandatory break cohort and the no mandatory break cohort are small. Late toxicity was low and similar for the treatment cohorts.
PMID: 18472363 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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Emerging role of intensity-modulated radiation therapy in anorectal cancer.
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Related Articles Emerging role of intensity-modulated radiation therapy in anorectal cancer.
Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2008 Apr;8(4):585-93
Authors: Meyer JJ, Willett CG, Czito BG
Although radiation therapy has an established role to play in the management of rectal and anal tumors, there are often treatment-related morbidities that negatively impact on patients. There is a long-standing interest in radiation oncology on maximizing treatment efficacy while minimizing treatment-related toxicities, which can be pronounced in the treatment of pelvic malignancies. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy is a recently introduced technology that has the potential to increase the efficacy:toxicity ratio. It has been implemented in the treatment of prostate and head and neck tumors with success. This article reviews the rationale for its use in treating anorectal tumors and discusses early clinical data supporting its continued investigation.
PMID: 18402525 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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CHEMORADIOTHERAPY - AN ALTERNATIVE TO SURGERY FOR SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF THE RECTUM Report of six cases and literature review.
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Related Articles CHEMORADIOTHERAPY - AN ALTERNATIVE TO SURGERY FOR SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF THE RECTUM Report of six cases and literature review.
Colorectal Dis. 2008 May 3;
Authors: Rasheed S, Yap T, Zia A, McDonald PJ, Glynne-Jones R
Purpose: Since 1943 (1) only 45 cases of squamous cancer of the rectum have been reported in the English literature, and the largest series consists of 12 cases. Reports suggest the primary treatment is surgical resection but, in the light of non-surgical advances in the treatment of anal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), we present a review of the literature and report six patients treated by chemoradiation (CRT). Method: A literature search was undertaken using the keywords squamous cell, epidermoid, basaloid and cloacagenic and cancer of rectum and colon to provide evidence for this discussion from studies of surgery, radiation therapy and chemoradiation therapy in rectal SCC. A prospective database of the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, UK was searched from 1995 to 2005 for patients diagnosed with pure squamous cell carcinoma of the rectum. Results: Six patients with histologically confirmed primary SCC of the rectum were treated with primary combination chemoradiotherapy according to protocols used for squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal over a 15 year period. Surgery was avoided in four, and they remain disease free on follow up. Conclusions: Primary chemoradiation, as currently utilised in anal cancer, can be extended to primary squamous cell carcinoma of the rectum.
PMID: 18462236 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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Adjuvant electrochemotherapy for incompletely excised anal sac carcinoma in a dog.
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