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Anal Carcinoma, Version 2.2012: featured updates to the NCCN guidelines.

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Benson, AB; Arnoletti, JP; Bekaii-Saab, T; Chan, E; Chen, Y-J; Choti, MA; Cooper, HS; Dilawari, RA; Engstrom, PF; Enzinger, PC; Fakih, MG ...
Published in: J Natl Compr Canc Netw
April 2012

The workup and management of squamous cell anal carcinoma, which represents the most common histologic form of the disease, are addressed in the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines) for Anal Carcinoma. These NCCN Guidelines Insights provide a summary of major discussion points of the 2012 NCCN Anal Carcinoma Panel meeting. In summary, the panel made 4 significant changes to the 2012 NCCN Guidelines for Anal Carcinoma: 1) local radiation therapy was added as an option for the treatment of patients with metastatic disease; 2) multifield technique is now preferred over anteroposterior-posteroanterior (AP-PA) technique for radiation delivery and the AP-PA technique is no longer recommended as the standard of care; 3) PET/CT should now be considered for radiation therapy planning; and 4) a section on risk reduction was added to the discussion section. In addition, the panel discussed the use of PET/CT for the workup of anal canal cancer and decided to maintain the recommendation that it can be considered in this setting. They also discussed the use of PET/CT for the workup of anal margin cancer and for the assessment of treatment response. They reaffirmed their recommendation that PET/CT is not appropriate in these settings.

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J Natl Compr Canc Netw

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EISSN

1540-1413

Publication Date

April 2012

Volume

10

Issue

4

Start / End Page

449 / 454

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Multimodal Imaging
  • Humans
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
  • Anus Neoplasms
  • 4203 Health services and systems
  • 3211 Oncology and carcinogenesis
 

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Benson, A. B., Arnoletti, J. P., Bekaii-Saab, T., Chan, E., Chen, Y.-J., Choti, M. A., … National Comprehensive Cancer Network, . (2012). Anal Carcinoma, Version 2.2012: featured updates to the NCCN guidelines. J Natl Compr Canc Netw, 10(4), 449–454. https://doi.org/10.6004/jnccn.2012.0046
Benson, Al B., J Pablo Arnoletti, Tanios Bekaii-Saab, Emily Chan, Yi-Jen Chen, Michael A. Choti, Harry S. Cooper, et al. “Anal Carcinoma, Version 2.2012: featured updates to the NCCN guidelines.J Natl Compr Canc Netw 10, no. 4 (April 2012): 449–54. https://doi.org/10.6004/jnccn.2012.0046.
Benson AB, Arnoletti JP, Bekaii-Saab T, Chan E, Chen Y-J, Choti MA, et al. Anal Carcinoma, Version 2.2012: featured updates to the NCCN guidelines. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2012 Apr;10(4):449–54.
Benson, Al B., et al. “Anal Carcinoma, Version 2.2012: featured updates to the NCCN guidelines.J Natl Compr Canc Netw, vol. 10, no. 4, Apr. 2012, pp. 449–54. Pubmed, doi:10.6004/jnccn.2012.0046.
Benson AB, Arnoletti JP, Bekaii-Saab T, Chan E, Chen Y-J, Choti MA, Cooper HS, Dilawari RA, Engstrom PF, Enzinger PC, Fakih MG, Fleshman JW, Fuchs CS, Grem JL, Leong LA, Lin E, May KS, Mulcahy MF, Murphy K, Rohren E, Ryan DP, Saltz L, Sharma S, Shibata D, Skibber JM, Small W, Sofocleous CT, Venook AP, Willett C, Freedman-Cass DA, National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Anal Carcinoma, Version 2.2012: featured updates to the NCCN guidelines. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2012 Apr;10(4):449–454.

Published In

J Natl Compr Canc Netw

DOI

EISSN

1540-1413

Publication Date

April 2012

Volume

10

Issue

4

Start / End Page

449 / 454

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Multimodal Imaging
  • Humans
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
  • Anus Neoplasms
  • 4203 Health services and systems
  • 3211 Oncology and carcinogenesis