Radiothérapie à visée curative du carcinome du canal anal : impact défavorable d'une résection préalable. Étude rétrospective de 57 patients traités en intention curative

Radiotherapy and chemoradiation with cisplatine-based chemotherapy cure a vast majority of patients with epidermoid carcinoma of the anal canal. Therapeutic factors that may interfere with the definition of the target volume and the patients' repositioning may decrease the efficacy of radiotherapy. Pre-radiotherapy surgical resection should be avoided.