%0 Journal Article
%T mFOLFOX6 Chemotherapy after Resection of Anal Canal Mucinous Adenocarcinoma
%A Keisuke Miwa
%A Masaru Fukahori
%A Mototsugu Matsunaga
%A Sachiko Nagasu
%A Takahiko Sakaue
%A Tomoyuki Ushijima
%A Yoshito Akagi
%A Yosuke Oka
%J Archive of "Case Reports in Oncology".
%D 2016
%R 10.1159/000446066
%X Because of their rarity, there are no clear guidelines for the treatment of anal carcinomas; such tumors are normally subjected to the same modalities as recommended for rectal cancer. We report a patient with anal canal mucinous adenocarcinoma, with metastases in the pararectal and right inguinal lymph nodes, who was treated with abdominoperineal resection followed by mFOLFOX6 chemotherapy for 6 months (12 cycles). The patient has remained recurrence-free thus far, approximately 2 years since the surgery. As the optimal treatments for anal carcinomas have not been fully elucidated, we present this case to highlight a possible course of action for such patients that appears to be effective and promising
%K Anal carcinoma
%K Anal canal mucinous adenocarcinoma
%K mFOLFOX6 chemotherapy
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4881242/