Primary adenocarcinoma of the anus treated with combined modality therapy Journal Article
| Authors: | Beal, K. P.; Wong, D.; Guillem, J. G.; Paty, P. B.; Saltz, L.; Wagman, R.; Minsky, B. D. |
| Article Title: | Primary adenocarcinoma of the anus treated with combined modality therapy |
| Abstract: | PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine the local control and survival of patients with adenocarcinoma of the anus who received combined modality therapy as a component of their treatment. METHODS: Thirteen patients with primary anal adenocarcinoma (T1: 1, T2: 4, T3: 3, T4: 5; and N0: 9, N1: 2, N2: 2) were treated between 1989 and 2001 in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Three general treatment approaches were used that were based on physician and patient preference as well as tumor stage. These included preoperative combined modality therapy followed by abdominoperineal resection (n = 5), with four of the five receiving postoperative chemotherapy; local excision followed by postoperative radiation alone or combined modality therapy (n = 5); and abdominoperineal resection followed by postoperative combined modality therapy (n = 3). Two patients received brachytherapy. RESULTS: With a median follow-up of 19 months, the median survival was 26 months, the local failure rate was 37 percent, and the two-year actuarial survival was 62 percent. In the subset of eight patients treated with abdominoperineal resection and preoperative or postoperative radiation or combined modality therapy, local control was 63 percent, and three of eight are without evidence of disease. Of the five patients who underwent a local excision followed by postoperative radiation or combined modality therapy, the local control rate was 60 percent, with one of the local failures salvaged by abdominoperineal resection and one of five patients without evidence of disease. CONCLUSION: Although the experience is limited, our data suggest that the combination of abdominoperineal resection and combined modality therapy is a reasonable approach for this rare tumor. |
| Keywords: | adult; cancer survival; clinical article; aged; aged, 80 and over; middle aged; cancer surgery; survival rate; treatment failure; cisplatin; fluorouracil; cancer combination chemotherapy; multimodality cancer therapy; united states; cancer radiotherapy; postoperative care; combined modality therapy; follow up; antineoplastic agent; treatment indication; adenocarcinoma; survival time; folinic acid; outcomes research; mitomycin c; cancer control; rectum abdominoperineal resection; preoperative radiotherapy; anus neoplasms; anus carcinoma; humans; human; male; female; article; anal adenocarcinoma |
| Journal Title: | Diseases of the Colon and Rectum |
| Volume: | 46 |
| Issue: | 10 |
| ISSN: | 0012-3706 |
| Publisher: | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
| Date Published: | 2003-10-01 |
| Start Page: | 1320 |
| End Page: | 1324 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10350-004-6740-9 |
| PUBMED: | 14530668 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | Export Date: 12 September 2014 -- Source: Scopus |
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