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Squamous-cell carcinoma of the anus

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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Seventy-six cases of squamous-cell carcinoma of the anus are reviewed—11 of these were classified as anal-margin tumors and 65 as anal-canal carcinomas. Fifty-nine of these were available for five-year follow-up, ten having been treated within the last five years, and seven were lost to follow-up. The five-year survival rate for nine patients with neoplasms arising at the anal margin was 67 per cent (six survivors) and for 50 patients with anal-canal neoplasms, 32 per cent (16 survivors). Radiotherapy proved unsatisfactory, and radical excision was the only method of treatment which carried reasonable prospects of cure.

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  1. Sydney, Australia

    David Failes F.R.A.C.S. & B. P. Morgan F.R.A.C.S.

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Read at the meeting of the American Proctologic Society, New York, New York, June 11 to 14, 1972.

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Failes, D., Morgan, B.P. Squamous-cell carcinoma of the anus. Dis Colon Rectum 16, 397–401 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02587587

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