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Everything in development, the open problems and what is being done about them, the roadmaps, and what changed on this record.
What is in development for Anal cancer (squamous cell carcinoma), drawn from the whole corpus: 8 items. Drugs are grouped by the most advanced trial phase they have reached anywhere; approved treatments sit under standard of care. Technologies are the methods being tested for this cancer, trials are the studies recorded here, and ideas are proposals not yet in a trial.
Screening programmes for high-risk groups exist almost nowhere despite ANCHOR.
Nothing recorded yet.
Also on OnCo: Symptoms and red flags · Early detection roadmap.
Late toxicity of pelvic chemoradiation (bowel, sexual, bone).
Nothing recorded yet.
Also on OnCo: Side effects by symptom · Immune-related side effects · Toxicity compare · Survivorship planner.
HPV-negative anal cancer does poorly.
Stigma and delayed diagnosis.
Dated changes read from the records linked to this cancer: approvals, regulatory steps, reported trials, guideline versions and milestones. Newest first; no date is inferred.
On EdgeAll 17 changes by month →When this page itself was last checked or edited.
Locally recurrent or metastatic anal SCC with carboplatin-paclitaxel; monotherapy after platinum
Median progression-free survival 9.
FDA approval 2025.
Screening with anal cytology / high-resolution anoscopy and treatment of HSIL (ablation, topical therapy) reduces progression to cancer by 57% (ANCHOR).
Progression to anal cancer 173 per 100,000 person-years with treatment against 402 with active monitoring, a 57 percent reduction (95% CI 6 to 80, p 0.