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Is it possible for anal cancer to recur even after radiation therapy?
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Yes: Nothing in life is 100%. Anal cancer is often treated successfully with chemotherapy and radiation. There remains some risk that the cancer can come back.
Answered 8/27/2011
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Yes: Anal cancer is treated with radiation and combined chemotherapy for stage 1 to3. Even the best stage cure is 90 percent not 100 percent. So patients are watched and if they recur locally they are salvaged by surgery.
Answered 6/5/2015
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