Best Doctors for Anal Cancer Treatment in Visakhapatnam

Anal cancer is a condition explained as the abnormal multiplication of tissues in the anus or anus lining. The symptoms that will be seen in anal cancer will be pain, itching in the anus that never subsides, bleeding through the rectum, a lump seen at the opening of the anus, stool leakage, abnormal bowel movements, and frequent urge to pass stools. There are two types of anal cancers: adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. The diagnosis of anal cancer will be made through digital rectal examination, biopsy, pap test, and other endoscopic tests, which include anoscopy, colonoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, CT scan, MRI scan, transrectal ultrasound, and PET scan. After the diagnosis of anal cancer, the staging of the cancer can be done to plan the treatment. The treatment advised for anal cancer will be treated with radiation therapy that includes stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D CRT), chemotherapy, and brachytherapy. The surgical treatment advised for the anal cancer is called laparoscopic abdominoperineal resection.