Deviations from Standard Chemoradiation among Early Stage Anal Cancer Patients

The optimal chemoradiation regimen for early stage (T1-T2N0M0) anal cancer patients is not well established. We sought to evaluate treatment practice patterns for early stage anal cancer patients using the National Cancer Database. Over 10% of patients with early stage anal cancer received high dose external beam radiation with concurrent chemotherapy (including 20.7% of T1 and 6.9% of T2 primary tumors), suggesting possible overtreatment of these early stage cancers.

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