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

Cacheux, Wulfran; Kossler, Thibaud; Puppa, Giacomo; Fernandez, Eugenio; Ho, Lisa; Dietrich, Pierre-Yves; Zilli, Thomas; Allal, Abdelkarim Said; Roche, Bruno; Ris, Frédéric; Roth, Arnaud

doi:10.1016/j.dld.2017.08.039

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

ContributorsCacheux, Wulfran; Kossler, Thibaud; Puppa, Giacomo; Fernandez, Eugenio; Ho, Lisa; Dietrich, Pierre-Yves; Zilli, Thomas; Allal, Abdelkarim Said; Roche, Bruno; Ris, Frédéric; Roth, Arnaud

Published inDigestive and Liver Disease, vol. 49, no. 11, p. 1262-1266

Publication date2017

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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.

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CACHEUX, Wulfran et al. Early closure of fistula using neo-adjuvant intra-arterial chemotherapy in locally advanced anal cancer. In: Digestive and Liver Disease, 2017, vol. 49, n° 11, p. 1262–1266. doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2017.08.039

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PID : unige:97073
DOI : 10.1016/j.dld.2017.08.039
PMID : 28935189

ISSN of the journal1590-8658

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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.

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