Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer, second in women, and fourth leading cause of death world. Radical surgical treatment with Total Mesorectal Excision (TME) considered best for found lower rectum has benefits complete tumor removal to reduce risk recurrence improve survival. Advances preoperative chemoradiation therapy have increased chances achieving a 1 cm distal margin allowe...

Cervical cancer represents one of the most common malignancies in women worldwide and predominantly affects women of poor socioeconomic status. Persistent infection with high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) is an essential factor for development of cervical cancer. HPV infection is also associated with cancers of the vulva, vagina, anus, and oropharynx. Globally, an estimated 610 000 (4.8%) of ...

Small cell carcinoma of the anus is a very rare but aggressive tumour. We present a case of a 60-year old lady with small cell carcinoma of the anus. She had no metastatic disease on presentation. She had chemotherapy and radiotherapy but developed distant metastasis after completion of treatment. Immunohistochemistry is required to make a diagnosis. Chemotherapy remains the mainstay of treatme...

Perineal ectopic anus in female infants is not a very uncommon congenital anorectal anomaly with opening into the low vaginal or vulvar region. However, ectopic anus with barrel gun perineum is a less common variety. Patients generally present with frequent history of constipation, but may seek medical help for just aesthetic reasons. We present here one such case of an asymptomatic seven years...

Colorectal cancer includes cancer of the colon, rectum, anus and appendix. Since it is largely preventable, it is extremely important to detect and treat the colorectal cancer in the earliest stage. Virtual colonoscopy is an emerging screening technique for colon cancer. One component of virtual colonoscopy, image pre-processing, is important for colonic polyp detection/diagnosis, feature extra...

The total age-adjusted incidence of cancer in the Zuni Indians of New Mexico was significantly lower than that of the New Mexico Anglo population during the period 1969-1982. Specific sites at which the Zunis had a significantly lower number of cases than expected, based on the rates for Anglos, are: colon, rectum and anus, lung, breast, endometrium, melanoma of the skin, pancreas, and the leuk...