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Anal high-grade and late-stage cancer management in low-income setting: a case report.

Anna Claudia ColangeloDamiano PizzolMario Antunes
Published in: Journal of surgical case reports (2020)
The burden of cancer is increasing in sub-Saharan Africa due to ageing, common risk factors and population growth. Anal cancer is a human papillomavirus-related rare disease with an incidence rate of 1.8 per 100 000 persons overall with an increasing incidence of by 2% per year in the last three decades. Despite that gold standard management is well described, in low-income countries, there is no possibility for a proper management. We presented a late-stage anal cancer case that reflects the urgent necessity to create the adequate condition for the development of effective oncologic approach including prevention, diagnosis and management.
Keyphrases
  • high grade
  • papillary thyroid
  • risk factors
  • squamous cell
  • low grade
  • lymph node metastasis
  • young adults
  • radical prostatectomy
  • rectal cancer