Gabriela Rodriguez

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[Treatment of patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal in the last 20 years in a gastroenterology hospital]

Acta gastroenterologica Latinoamericana, 2005

Anal cancers compromise only 1.5% of all digestive tumors. At present, concurrent radiochemothera... more Anal cancers compromise only 1.5% of all digestive tumors. At present, concurrent radiochemotherapy (RT-CT) is the treatment of choice for most of these lesions. To collect and analyze clinical data from the medical records of all consecutive patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal (SCCAC) treated by the Oncology Section in 20 years. The medical records of 108 patients with SCCAC were reviewed: 64% were women, mean age was 57.6 years (27-85), only 1 patient was HIV(+). Initial treatment: 87 patients were treated with RT-CT (81%), 5 CT only, 2 RT only, 8 local resection and 6 abdominoperineal resection (APR). 1) Patients initially treated with RT-CT: cobalt therapy was given to 76% of pts and linear accelerator was used in 24% of patients. 24% of patients received Mitomycin C based CT (modified Nigro), 66% Cisplatin based CT and 10% 5FU alone; 66% had clinical complete response (CCR) (26% of them relapsed). Median follow up was 2.16 years (1 month-15.5 years), median ...

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