MR-Adaptive Radiation Therapy for Anal Cancer With EScalated-Treatment in a Risk-Optimized Approach

Participation Requirements

• Sex:

  ALL

• Eligible Ages:

  18 and up

Participation Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients with pathologically proven diagnosis of anal SCC. This may include tumors of non-keratinizing histology such as basoloid or cloacogenic histology. Individuals with squamous cell carcinoma of the anal margin are eligible.
* Clinical stage T1-4 N0-1 M0 (the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) / the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) 8th Ed)
* Patients must be eligible for definitive RT or CRT
* Must be ≥ 18 years of age
* Must have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-2

Exclusion Criteria:

* Previous chemotherapy, RT or curative-intent surgical treatment (i.e. APR) for anal cancer.
* Any previous RT to the abdomino-pelvic region that would result in overlap of RT volume for the current study.
* Individuals with a history of a different malignancy except if they have been disease-free for at least 2 years and are deemed by the investigator to be at low risk for recurrence. Individuals with the following cancers are eligible if diagnosed and treated within the past 5 years: cervical cancer in situ, and basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin.