The treatment of squamous cell cancer of the anal canal
Knysh, V.I.; Timofeev, I.M.
Voprosy Onkologii 37(9-10): 981-985
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0507-3758 PMID: 1842662 Document Number: 372290
Three methods of treatment for squamous-cell cancer of the anal canal, namely abdominoperineal extirpation of the rectum, radiotherapy and thermoradiotherapy were compared. The rate of relapse following thermoradiotherapy was 5.4 times lower than in the radiotherapy alone group and 3.9 times lower than in patients undergoing surgery. Five-year survival rate for thermoradiotherapy (75.1 +/- 9.5%) was significantly higher than for radiotherapy (6.9 +/- 4.0%) and extirpation of the rectum (39.4 +/- 7.7%).