Anal Cancer

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Anatomy and Histology of the Anus

   • Margaret H. Sundel, Lysandra Voltaggio, Ira L. Leeds, Sandy Hwang Fang

   Pages 1-9

3. Epidemiology and Pathogenesis of Anal Cancer

   • John David Roveda Jr, Clayton A. Smith

   Pages 11-32

4. Staging and Initial Evaluation of Anal Cancer

   • Apar Gupta, Shang-Jui Wang, Salma K. Jabbour

   Pages 33-46

5. Treatment of Localized Anal Cancer: Chemoradiotherapy

   • James Byrne, Jennifer Y. Wo

   Pages 47-70

6. Anal Cancer: Toxicities and Management

   • Shalini Moningi, Prajnan Das

   Pages 71-84

7. Management of Local-Regional Anal Cancer Recurrence

   • Shilpa S. Murthy, Elin R. Sigurdson

   Pages 85-93

8. Treatment of Advanced Anal Cancer

   • Satya Das, Kristen Keon Ciombor

   Pages 95-111

9. Treatment of Non-squamous Histologies in Anal Cancer

   • Matthew T. Ballo

   Pages 113-122

10. Diagnosis and Management of Perianal Skin Tumors

    • Monica Polcz, A. Bapsi Chakravarthy, Christina Edwards Bailey

    Pages 123-131

11. Back Matter

    Pages 133-135

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This book is a comprehensive overview of the epidemiology, pathogenesis, and treatment options available for anal cancer. Anal cancer is a relatively rare disease, but one increasing in incidence. Strides have been made in developing treatment paradigms through clinical trials, and proper management requires multidisciplinary interaction between radiation oncologists, surgeons, and medical oncologists as well as other physicians, nurses, and other medical professionals.  The book thus covers all aspects of the disease to give clinicians and their teams the information necessary to develop a treatment program that focuses on improved patient outcomes. Chapters cover evaluation of the patient and cancer staging, current standard treatments, epidemiology, pathogenesis, issues involved in survivorship, and ongoing and future avenues of research into disease biology and novel treatments. This book is an ideal resource for clinicians involved in the care of patients with anal cancer.

• anal cancer
• lower gastrointestinal cancer
• radiation therapy
• chemotherapy
• cancer surgery
• Radiaton Oncology

• Department of Radiation Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA

  Jeffrey Meyer

• Department of Radiation Oncology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, USA

  Lisa Kachnic

Jeffrey Meyer, MD, MS

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences

Baltimore, MD, USA

 

Lisa Kachnic, MD, FASTRO

Professor and Chair of Radiation Oncology

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Department of Radiation Oncology

Nashville, TN, USA

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