Diagnosis of Anal Cancer: Symptoms, Imaging, and Endoscopy

Julie S Hong; Victoria Yuan; Roger Patron-Lozano; Steven Y Chao

doi:10.1016/j.soc.2024.06.002

Diagnosis of Anal Cancer: Symptoms, Imaging, and Endoscopy

Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2025 Jan;34(1):37-48. doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2024.06.002. Epub 2024 Jul 23.

Authors

Julie S Hong¹, Victoria Yuan², Roger Patron-Lozano³, Steven Y Chao³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, New York-Presbyterian/Queens, 56-45 Main Street, Flushing, NY 11355, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Surgery, New York-Presbyterian/Queens, 56-45 Main Street, Flushing, NY 11355, USA.
³ Department of Surgery, New York-Presbyterian/Queens, 56-45 Main Street, Flushing, NY 11355, USA; Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.

PMID: 39547767
DOI: 10.1016/j.soc.2024.06.002

Abstract

Anal cancer is an uncommon disease in a sensitive region of the body that benefits from early and systematic workup and treatment. Main modalities for workup include history, physical examination, and MRI. PET scan and computed tomography scan are helpful in assessing spread of disease. High-resolution anoscopy may be useful in identifying precancerous lesions but come with a high-learning curve.

Keywords: Computed tomography scan; Diagnosis; High-resolution anoscopy; Imaging; MRI; PET computed tomography; Staging; Symptoms.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Anus Neoplasms* / diagnosis
Anus Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
Humans