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Cancer of the anal canal: treatment with chemotherapy and low-dose radiation therapy.

DOI

33

Citations

0

References

1994

Year

Damon E. Smith, Kalpesh Shah, Aroor R. Rao, Daniel B. Frost, Frank Latino, Peter J. Anderson, Abhinand Peddada, Abraham Kagan
Radiology

Abstract

This therapy is effective for epidermoid cancers of the anal canal that are smaller than 5 cm regardless of nodal status. Tumors larger than this or that invade adjacent structures are not adequately controlled with this protocol.