Progress in the treatment of anal cancer: an overview of the latest investigational drugs

J Yu, RD Kim - Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Anal cancer, a rare malignancy accounting for 2.5–3.0% of gastrointestinal
cancers, primarily manifests as squamous cell carcinoma associated with HPV. Recent …

Emerging and experimental agents for anal cancer: what is new?

JPF Farias, MHC Rangel da Silva… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal (SCCA) is an HPV-related malignancy with
rising incidence in the past few decades in the US, characterized by high rates of complete …

Mutational Signature Changes in Patients With Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Anal Canal

M LaPelusa, C Cann, KK Ciombor, C Eng - The Oncologist, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Purpose We examined the concordance of genetic mutations between pretreatment tumor
tissue and posttreatment circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in patients with metastatic …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive characterization of the mutational landscape in localized anal squamous cell carcinoma

L Trilla-Fuertes, I Ghanem, J Maurel, G Laura… - Translational …, 2020 - Elsevier
Anal squamous cell carcinoma (ASCC) is a rare neoplasm. Chemoradiotherapy is the
standard of care, with no therapeutic advances achieved over the past three decades. Thus …

[HTML][HTML] Recent Advances in the Management of Anal Cancer

L Upadhyay, M Hartzell, AR Parikh, MR Strickland… - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
The incidence and mortality of squamous cell carcinoma of the anus (SCCA) is on the rise,
which highlights the unmet need for advances in treatment options. The landscape of …

Multimodality treatment of oligometastatic anal squamous cell carcinoma: a case series and literature review

F Sclafani, G Hesselberg, SR Thompson… - Journal of Surgical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Objectives There is limited evidence to guide the management of patients
with oligometastatic anal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). We aimed to address this …

Anal Cancer Prevention Through the Topical Use of Single or Dual PI3K/mTOR Inhibitors

LC Gunder, TH Moyer, HR Johnson… - Journal of Surgical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Anal dysplasia and anal cancer are major health problems. This study seeks to
determine if inhibition of mTOR and/or PI3K pathways is effective at anal cancer prevention …

[HTML][HTML] CYLD-mutant cylindroma-like basaloid carcinoma of the anus: a genetically and morphologically distinct class of HPV-related anal carcinoma

EA Williams, M Montesion, R Sharaf, J Corines… - Modern …, 2020 - nature.com
Rare reports of anal carcinoma (AC) describe histologic resemblance to cutaneous
cylindroma, but mutations in the tumor suppressor CYLD, the gene responsible for familial …

Circulating tumor DNA in advanced anal cancer: a blood biomarker goes viral

VK Morris - Clinical Cancer Research, 2019 - AACR
Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) as a blood-based biomarker for mutation detection is an
exciting, highly sensitive approach in the clinical management of oncology patients. In …

Outcomes with anti-EGFR monoclonal antibodies in metastatic and recurrent anal squamous cell carcinoma

JE Rogers, AAA Jacome, A Ohinata… - Expert review of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives Metastatic squamous cell carcinoma anal cancer (SCCA) is rare. Prospective
data recommends front-line platinum doublet combinations and second-line anti …