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Surgical approach for treatment of epidermoid anal carcinoma
Author(s) -
Cortese Armand F.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197511)36:5<1869::aid-cncr2820360544>3.0.co;2-2
Subject(s) - medicine , epidermoid carcinoma , anus neoplasms , anal carcinoma , surgery , anal cancer , carcinoma , dermatology , general surgery , anal canal , cancer , rectum
The incidence of malignancy of the anus is rare when compared to colorectal cancer. At The New York Hospital‐Cornell Medical Center, 43 patients with anal cancer were seen since 1932. Five‐year survival for patients treated by local excision, abdominal‐perineal resection, and abdominal perineal resection with associated inguinofemoral groin node dissection was 43%, 66%, and 33%, respectively. Therapy should be guided by location, size, and depth of the local lesion, as well as clinical node status. In general, local excision should be reserved for the most minute lesion. Groin dissection should be carried out when nodes are clinically diseased.