Open AccessPrognostic role of ultrasonography staging in patients with anal cancer
Author(s) -
Paola De Nardi,
G. Arru,
Giovanni Guarneri,
Iliyan Vlasakov,
Luca Massimino
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.924
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1948-5204
DOI - 10.4251/wjgo.v12.i7.732
Subject(s) - medicine , anal cancer , anal canal , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , cancer staging , stage (stratigraphy) , univariate analysis , radiation therapy , cancer , surgery , multivariate analysis , rectum , paleontology , biology
Carcinomas of the anal canal are staged according to the size and extent of the disease; however, we propose including a novel ultrasound (US) staging system, based on depth of tumor invasion. In this study the clinical American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging guidelines and the US classificationss in patients with anal cancer were compared.