Radiation Oncology/Anal canal/Guidelines

Anal Cancer Official Guidelines

General

• ASCRS: Practice Parameters for Anal Squamous Neoplasm
  • 2008 Guideline link
  • 2008 PMID 18030528 -- "Practice parameters for anal squamous neoplasms." (Fleshner PR, Dis Colon Rectum. 2008 Jan;51(1):2-9. Epub 2007 Nov 21.)

• ACR: Anal Cancer
  • 2007 Guideline link

Contouring Guidelines

• RTOG Atlas
  • RTOG Anorectal Contouring Guidelines
  • 2009 PMID 19117696 -- "Elective clinical target volumes for conformal therapy in anorectal cancer: a radiation therapy oncology group consensus panel contouring atlas." (Myerson RJ, Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009 Jul 1;74(3):824-30. Epub 2008 Dec 29.)
• AGITG: Australasian GI Trials Group
  • 2012 PMID 22401917 -- "Australasian Gastrointestinal Trials Group (AGITG) Contouring Atlas and Planning Guidelines for Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy in Anal Cancer." (Ng M, Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Aug 1;83(5):1455-62.)