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

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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 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 29 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.5152/tjg.2018.17660
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.411-418
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

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.