Review Article

Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Anus: Time for a Shift in the Treatment Paradigm?

Table 2

Case reports of single-agent chemotherapy in metastatic anal squamous cell carcinoma.

AuthorNumber of patientsAgentResponsePFS/duration of response (months)OS

Evans et al. [16]1CarboplatinPartial9NR
Fisher et al. [17]1Doxorubicin and cis-dichlorodiammineplatinumMajorNRNR
Zimm and Wampler [18]1SemustinePartial15NR
Golub et al. [19]3TIPComplete (3/3)4,6,36NR
Grifalchi et al. [20]1IrinotecanPartialNRNR