Tailoring the radiotherapy approach in patients with anal squamous cell carcinoma based on inguinal sentinel lymph node biopsy.

Paola De Nardi Massimiliano Mistrangelo Giovanni Burtulo Paolo Passoni Najla Slim Monica RonzoniCarla CanevariDanilo Parolini Luca Massimino Pierfrancesco Franco Paola Cassoni Adriana Lesca Valentina Testa Riccardo Rosati

Published in: Journal of surgical oncology (2020)

In patients with anal canal cancer, the exclusion of the inguinal regions from the radiotherapy field, in patients with negative SLN, does not compromise locoregional control nor prognosis.

Keyphrases

sentinel lymph node
early stage
locally advanced
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
squamous cell carcinoma
lymph node
papillary thyroid
high grade
rectal cancer
radiation therapy
radical prostatectomy
lymph node metastasis
radiation induced
squamous cell
ultrasound guided
fine needle aspiration