Early closure of fistula using neo-adjuvant intra-arterial chemotherapy in locally advanced anal cancer

Locally advanced anal cancer patients, especially with T4 disease and fistula, have a dismal prognosis. Neo-adjuvant intra-arterial chemotherapy before standard chemoradiation has been shown to be promising in this setting.

Source: Digestive and Liver Disease - September 5, 2017 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Wulfran Cacheux, Thibaud Koessler, Giacomo Puppa, Eugenio Fernandez, Lisa Ho, Pierre-Yves Dietrich, Thomas Zilli, Abdelkarim Said Allal, Bruno Roche, Frederic Ris, Arnaud Roth Tags: Oncology Source Type: research