222 KB13 KB199220251997Dobrowsky, W...Pötter, Richardštevilka:2letnik:31str. 211-214ISSN:1318-2099COBISSID_HOST:7178201URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-TPD0POM2enCroatian Medical Association - Croatian Society of RadiologySlovenian Medical Society - Section of RadiologyRadiology and oncology (Ljubljana)Carcinoma, squamous cellCombined modality therapyRectal neoplasmsSurvival analysisTherapyTreatment of epidermoid anal canal carcinoma|During the last two decades,the role of surgery in anal cancer treatment has been changing continuously. Nowadays, surgery is applied only in treatment of (recurrent) radio-and chemoresistant disease. At present, anal function-conserving radiation therapy (45-60 Gy) and concomitant chemotherapy with 5-FU and MMC are considered to be standard therapy methods applied in locally advanced tumours, whether No or N+. In small tumours (TINO), chemotherapy can be omitted without jeopardizing the outcome. In future, the role of induction chemotherapy will have to be evaluated in order to see whether some other drug would contribute better to the improvement of the already favourable resultsTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaOnkološki inštitut Ljubljana