Chemoradiation for the treatment of epidermoid anal cancer: 13-year follow-up of the first randomised UKCCCR Anal Cancer Trial (ACT I)

Northover, John; Glynne‐Jones, Rob; Sebag‐Montefiore, David; James, R.D.; Meadows, Helen; Wan, Susan; Jitlal, Mark; Ledermann, JA

doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6605605

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Chemoradiation for the treatment of epidermoid anal cancer: 13-year follow-up of the first randomised UKCCCR Anal Cancer Trial (ACT I)

Published in British Journal of Cancer • Mar 1, 2010

Authors:

John Northover

Rob Glynne‐Jones

David Sebag‐Montefiore

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The first UKCCCR Anal Cancer Trial (1996) demonstrated the benefit of chemoradiation over radiotherapy (RT) alone for treating epidermoid anal cancer, and it became the standard treatment. Patients in this trial have now been followed up for a median of 13 years. METHODS: A total of 577 ...

Subject

Anal cancer

Medicine

Cancer

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