Medical Oncology

Anal Cancer   

Questions discussed in this category


Would you offer as first line treatment mitomycin/5FU with radiation or single agent immunotherapy?

What systemic therapy is most appropriate, how would you sequence, and what RT dose fractionation would you use?

C diff infection ruled out and CT abdomen pelvis shows diffuse enterocolitis extending far beyond the bowel-sparing IMRT radiotherapy field. 

For a patient not on dialysis? Outside of single agent 5FU, all other standard chemotherapeutic options would be contraindicated for nephrotoxicity.&n...

Would presence of TP53 mutation weigh in on the offer of radiation? Would there be any change expected on the chemo regimen?

5FU/mitomycin C or 5FU/cisplatin? Is there any benefit of cisplatin in terms of skin toxicity?  


Papers discussed in this category


Dis. Colon Rectum, 2014-04-01

Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol), 2017-04-01

Cancer medicine, 2016-12

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2012-12-10

Lancet Oncol., 2013-05-01

Radiat Oncol, 2014 May 29

Br. J. Cancer, 2014 Aug 28

J Gastrointest Cancer,

Neuroendocrinology, 2019 Aug 21

Ann. Surg., 2019 Aug 30

Cancer, 2018-02-15

Clin Colorectal Cancer, 2020 Dec 17

J. Clin. Oncol., 2020 Jun 12

Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol, 2022 Feb 01

N Engl J Med, 2022 Jun 05

Frontiers in oncology, 2023 Jun 29

European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology, 2021 Dec 20

Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland, 2010 Oct

Cancer medicine, 2018-12

Oncology (Williston Park, N.Y.), 2018-01-15

Frontiers in oncology, 2023 Jun 08