Cancer Health Center
Treatment Options for Recurrent Anal Cancer
Treatment of recurrent anal cancer may include the following:
- Radiation therapy and chemotherapy, for recurrence after surgery.
- Surgery, for recurrence after radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy.
- A clinical trial of radiation therapy with chemotherapy and/or radiosensitizers.
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with recurrent anal cancer. For more specific results, refine the search by using other search features, such as the location of the trial, the type of treatment, or the name of the drug. General information about clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.
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