Conservative treatment of anal cancer. Retrospective results--radiotherapy
Dobrowsky, W.
Strahlentherapie und Onkologie Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft . 163(9): 583-586
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0179-7158 PMID: 3660223 Document Number: 293965
The results of primary radiotherapy in anal carcinoma are reported in a retrospective study. Fourteen patients have been treated by primary radiotherapy between 1970 and 1982. The three-year survival rate is 11/14 (corrected: 11/12). Among eleven patients followed up, ten have a normal anal function. The importance of radio-oncology as a therapy of choice in conservative, function-preserving treatment of the anal carcinoma is discussed regarding the retrospective results as well as possible combinations of radiotherapy and chemotherapy.