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U.S. Study: New Anal Cancer Therapy Fails to Improve Outcomes

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TUESDAY, April 22 (HealthDay News) -- Compared to the standard treatment regimen for anal canal cancer, the use of the chemotherapy drug cisplatin before other treatments didn't improve disease-free survival and resulted in a higher rate of colostomy procedures, says a U.S. study.