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Anal Canal Carcinoma

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Prognostic Factors in Cancer

Abstract

The principal prognostic factors for carcinomas which arise in the anal canal are similar to those of most other epithelial malignancies. The prognosis for survival deteriorates as the primary tumour enlarges and worsens as cancer metastasises to the regional lymph nodes and to extrapelvic sites. The relative rarity of anal canal carcinoma (incidence about 0.5–1 per 100 000) has meant that prognostic factors have, for the most part, been evaluated by univariate analysis in small groups of patients. Conflicting results have been common. More recently, larger series have been assembled and assessed by multivariate analysis or similar statistical techniques.

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  1. Chirurgische Universitätsklinik Erlangen, Krankenhausstr. 12, 91054, Erlangen, Germany

    P. Hermanek (Vorstand der Abteilung für Klinische Pathologie i. R.) (Vorstand der Abteilung für Klinische Pathologie i. R.)

  2. Princess Margaret Hospital, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, 500 Sherbourne Street, Toronto, Ontario, M4X 1K9, Canada

    Mary K. Gospodarowicz

  3. Early Detection Branch, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Cancer Institute, EPN Building, Room 305 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA

    D. E. Henson

  4. University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA

    R. V. P. Hutter (Clinical Professor of Pathology) (Clinical Professor of Pathology)

  5. Department of Pathology, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Old Short Hills Road, Livingston, NJ, 07039, USA

    R. V. P. Hutter (Clinical Professor of Pathology) (Clinical Professor of Pathology)

  6. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA

    L. H. Sobin (Professor of Pathology) (Professor of Pathology)

  7. Division of Gastrointestinal Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC, 20306, USA

    L. H. Sobin (Professor of Pathology) (Professor of Pathology)

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Cummings, B.J. (1995). Anal Canal Carcinoma. In: Hermanek, P., Gospodarowicz, M.K., Henson, D.E., Hutter, R.V.P., Sobin, L.H. (eds) Prognostic Factors in Cancer. UICC International Union Against Cancer / Union Internationale Contre le Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79395-0_8

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