title: Changes in the radiation treatment of cancer of the anus in Glasgow.
abstract: The survival and complication rate of two groups of patients with carcinoma of anus were compared. The first group of 20 patients were treated between 1974 and 1983 by double plane implantation using radium or equivalent caesium needles and supplementary external beam radiotherapy to groin nodes if present. The second group of 26 patients were treated between 1984 and 1990 by external beam radiotherapy followed by a jig implant using afterloading iridium needles. 5-year survival was superior in the second group (73% vs. 40%) with a lower incidence of radiation-induced complications.
authors.affiliation: Beatson Oncology Centre, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, UK.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Symonds
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001005:Anus Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D001918:Brachytherapy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007496:Iridium Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011883:Radium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012606:Scotland / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes; D007496:Iridium Radioisotopes; D011883:Radium