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| | Cancer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Cancer can be treated by surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy or other methods. | | | Cancer research is the intense scientific effort to understand disease processes and discover possible therapies. | | | Although all practicing doctors have the therapeutic skills to control pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, hemorrhage and other common problems in cancer patients, the multidisciplinary specialty of palliative care has arisen specifically in response to the symptom control needs of this group of patients. |
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| | Cummings BJ The Role of Radiation Therapy With 5-Fluorouracil in Anal Cancer. | | | Surgical resection is used for treatment of lesions of the perianal area not involving the anal sphincter (approach depends on the location of the lesion in the anal canal). | | | All other stage I cancers of the anal canal that involve the anal sphincter or are too large for complete local excision are treated with external-beam radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy. |
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| | Colorectal Cancer, Colon, Rectum |
| | Radiation Therapy - Radiation therapy is used mainly with rectal cancers. | | | This form of therapy does not remove cancer cells which may have spread to other sites of the body. | | | If a colostomy is needed, our patients are assisted by enterostomal therapists who work closely with patients teaching them how to care for their colostomy. |
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| | Combination therapy including radiation therapy and chemotherapy is now considered the standard treatment for most anal cancers. | | | Finding cancers early is the key to cure. | | | Pelvic radiation - People who have had pelvic radiation therapy for rectal, prostate, bladder or cervical cancer are at an increased risk. |
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| | Anal cancer |
| | The prognosis (chance of recovery) and choice of treatment depend on the stage of the cancer (whether it is just in the anus or has spread to other places in the body) and the patient's general health. | | | Although this operation was once commonly used for anal cancer, it is not used as much today because radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy is an equally effective treatment option but does not require a colostomy. | | | If the patient was treated with surgery, radiation therapy may be given if the cancer recurs. |
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| | Learn About Anal Cancer |
| | Metastasis is the spread of cancer to other parts of the body. | | | In particular, the history will focus on the digestive tract—changes in eating habits, changes in bowel movements, abdominal pain or bloating, and how food affects any of the symptoms. | | | The anus can keep working normally even though a cancer has started in one part of it. |
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| | Anal Cancer |
| | If cancer does arise and is not effectively treated, the will ultimately spread to other crucial body areas and kill the patient. | | | It is important to note that most blood found in the stool is not due to a cancer, but rather a benign condition such as ulcers, bleeding polyps, hemorrhoids or fissures in the anal canal. | | | These are chronic diarrhea in many right-sided colon cancers, and pencil-thin stools in left sided or rectal cancer. |
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| | Anal cancer : CancerBACUP |
| | Towards the end of the treatment period you may have blistering and soreness of the skin around the anal area, and possibly in the groin areas too. | | | Cancer can spread in the body, either in the bloodstream or through the lymphatic system. | | | Knowing the particular type and the stage of the cancer helps the doctors to decide on the most appropriate treatment. |
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| | Gay Men Should Be Checked for Anal Cancer, Experts Say |
| | We need education on the part of the physician and the patient that this is a serious disease." Goldstone is clinical assistant professor at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York. | | | The reason the researchers didn't come right out and call for doctors to immediately begin offering the screening is that the health care system doesn't yet have the ability to deal with abnormal results, he says. | | | HPV vaccines offer the best hope for keeping anal cancer rates in check in the future, Goldstone says. |
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| | Anal Cancer Information |
| | Understanding treatment options, accessing new and innovative therapies through clinical trials, as well as understanding the role of supportive care and complementary and alternative medicine are essential. | | | Now, researchers say that chemotherapy with fluorouracil and cisplatin, followed by a combination of radiation therapy and chemotherapy with fluorouracil and mitomycin, may help preserve bowel function and improve survival for persons with this type of disease. | | | Intensive Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy Combo May Improve Outcomes for Persons with Cancer of the Anus (2/5/2002) |
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| | Anal Cancer |
| | Individuals with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or those who take immunosuppressant medications (such as kidney transplant recipients) are more likely to develop anal cancer. | | | A common STD (sexually transmitted infection), HPV can cause anal warts, small raised growths around the anus or genitals. | | | However, some common conditions increase the risk of developing anal cancer: |
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| | cancer, and the advent of newer therapies for HIV that are expected to | | | TI Risk of anal carcinoma in situ in relation to human | | | HPV16, is central to the development of squamous anogenital cancers and their |
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| | Cancer Treatment Information Center |
| | CancerAnswers was founded in 1961 by Dr. Jonathan Stillwell and remains the world's premiere provider of cancer information. | | | Your order entitles you to exact information on a particular cancer. | | | Our service explains, in plain English, everything you must know about cancer. |
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| | National Cancer Institute - Anal Cancer Home Page |
| | Ways to look for specific cancer clinical trials. | | | Information related to cancer incidence, mortality, and survival | | | Managing side effects and complications caused by cancer and its treatment. |
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| | Colon, Rectal and Anal Cancer |
| | All medical information needs to be carefully reviewed with your health care provider. | | | DISCLAIMER: NOAH is an information guide only and cannot answer personal health-related or research questions. | | | NOAH > Cancer > Types of Cancer > Colon, Rectal and Anal Cancer |
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| | GayHealth: News |
| | If the problem is caught early, before a cancer develops, it can easily be treated in a doctor’s office. | | | In most instances anal cancer is caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), which infects over 90 percent of men with HIV according to U.S. studies. | | | HPV is also responsible for other cancers; the rise in lip cancer might also be attributable to oral infection with this virus. |
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| | Cancer Information, Research, and Treatment for all Types of Cancer OncoLink |
| | Cancer Information, Research, and Treatment for all Types of Cancer | | | Types of Cancer > Gastrointestinal Cancers > Anal Cancer > NCI Resources | | | This decision is the result of a reassessment and prioritization of NCI cancer information products and services, given limited resources. |
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| | Anal Cancer -- eCureMe.com |
| | This is a tumor in the anal canal, specifically, squamous cell (a specific cellular type) carcinoma of the anus. | | | These tumors often invade the anal sphincter (controls release of stool) and spread upwards toward the rectum. |
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