Real world survival data of a rare malignancy: Anal cancer results in HIV negative patients from Turkey

ESİN E., YILDIZ F. , Lacin S. , KARAKAS Y., GÜLTEKİN M. , DİZDAR Ö. , ...More

TURKISH JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, vol.29, no.4, pp.411-418, 2018 (Journal Indexed in SCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 29 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.5152/tjg.2018.17660
  • Title of Journal : TURKISH JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
  • Page Numbers: pp.411-418

Abstract

Background/Aims: An organ preservation approach using chemoradiotherapy has been established for anal cancer. This retrospective cohort study aimed to define the clinico-demographic characteristics and outcomes of cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative anal carcinoma during a period of 20 years in a single comprehensive cancer institute.