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Anal Cancer

Question: What is the difference between anal cancer and colon cancer? I was reading a story that Farrah Fawcet has anal cancer. I thought we called it colon cancer or is there a difference?

Answer: Anal cancer and colon cancer are not exactly the same thing. Colon cancer occurs in the colon, also known as the large intestine. It usually occurs as the result of malignant (cancer) degeneration of a precancerous lesion known as a polyp. Anal cancer occurs in the anal canal. A different type of cell lines the anal canal and thus, it is a different type of cancer. They metastasize (spread) differently and are treated in somewhat different ways depending on the cell type involved.


Anal Cancer News

Imiquimod a good treatment for pre-cancerous anal lesions in men with HIV12 ...

Aidsmap
Although the investigators do not claim that imiquimod will prevent anal cancer, ?we at least know that high grade anal intraepithelial neoplasia [HG-AIN, ...
 

ABC News

Striking Out Colon Cancer
KOLO
 

Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy for Anal Cancer: Toxicity versus Outcomes

Cancer Network
With the advent of intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), many oncologists are beginning to utilize this technology in the treatment of anal cancer ...
 

Tumors larger than 5 cm, positive nodal status indicated poorer DFS, OS in ...

HemOncToday
Patients with anal cancer tumors larger than 5 cm and those with clinically positive nodes had lower DFS and OS rates compared with patients with smaller ...
 

Unbreakable bond: 2 friends share life, look at death with grace

Boston Herald
That's where Janet - affectionately known by staff as ?Saint Janet? - saw Pam through anal cancer and where she's now fighting her own return of breast ...
 

Making a Case for Anal Paps and Rectal Screening

About.com: Health
Among the hundreds of workshops available was an excellent workshop on preventing anal cancer in the HIV patient. Presented by Ross Cranston MD of the ...
 

Long-Term Imiquimod Treatment Helps Clear High-Grade Anal Lesions

AIDSmeds.com HIV/AIDS Treatment News
As a result, it is difficult to predict whether, or how quickly, HSIL might progress to anal cancer. Unfortunately, options for treating HSIL are limited ...
 

New knowledge about cancer in HIV's survivors prompts warnings of an epidemic

Cancer Network
The incidence of anal cancer in this population tripled between the non-HAART and the HAART era, with a relative risk about 30 times that of the general ...
 

Invited Commentary

Archives of Internal Medicine
Anal cancer stands out among NADCs in the HAART era, with a SIR of approximately 30. The most recent assessment by the WHO [World Health Organization] ...
 

Recurrent Pneumonia in People With HIV Might Increase Lung Cancer Risk

AIDSmeds.com HIV/AIDS Treatment News
Non-AIDS-related cancers?such as liver cancer, anal cancer and lung cancer?are a growing concern for people with HIV. Researchers have demonstrated that ...
 

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