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Anal Carcinoma Surveillance Counterpoint: Australia

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Patient Surveillance After Cancer Treatment

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Surveillance after treatment of anal carcinoma is not as firmly established as surveillance for colorectal cancer. The rarity of the disease means that there is a paucity of data or clinical trials comparing different regimens. The current standard of care for squamous cell carcinoma of the anus consists of combined modality treatment, with a surveillance regimen that aims at detecting recurrent or persistent disease, assessing treatment tolerance and related complications, with salvage surgery being reserved for locoregional failures.

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  1. Surgical Outcome Research Centre (SOuRCe), Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Sydney and the University of Sydney, Level 9, Building 50, Camperdown, NSW, 2050, Australia

    Toufic El-Khoury M.B.B.S., F.R.A.C.S., Michael Solomon M.B., B.Ch. (Hons) M.Sc. (Clin Epidemiol) F.R.A.C.S. & Jane Young M.B.B.S., M.P.H., Ph.D., F.A.F.P.H.M.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Saint Louis University, Vista Avenue 3635, St. Louis, 63110-0050, Missouri, USA

    Frank E. Johnson

  2. Fac. Medicine, Dept. Surgery II, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan

    Yoshihiko Maehara

  3. BC Cancer Agency, West 10th Avenue 600, Vancouver, V5Z 4E6, British Columbia, Canada

    George P. Browman

  4. School of Medicine, Washington University, S. Euclid Ave. 660, St. Louis, 63110, Missouri, USA

    Julie A. Margenthaler

  5. St Helens Teaching Hospital, University of Liverpool, Marshalls Cross Road, St Helens, WA9 3DA, United Kingdom

    Riccardo A. Audisio

  6. Sydney Cancer Centre, Sydney Melanoma Unit, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Missenden Road, Camperdown, 2050, New South Wales, Australia

    John F. Thompson

  7. Saint Louis University Medical Center, Saint Louis, 63103, Missouri, USA

    David Y. Johnson

  8. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Binney St. 44, Boston, 02115, Massachusetts, USA

    Craig C. Earle

  9. International Atlantic Economic Society, Peachtree Center 299, NEInternatio, Atlanta, 30303, Georgia, USA

    Katherine S. Virgo

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El-Khoury, T., Solomon, M., Young, J. (2013). Anal Carcinoma Surveillance Counterpoint: Australia. In: Johnson, F., et al. Patient Surveillance After Cancer Treatment. Current Clinical Oncology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-969-7_39

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