Society guideline links: Anal cancer

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This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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International

●International Anal Neoplasia Society (IANS): Consensus guidelines for anal cancer screening (2024)

●Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC): Clinical practice guideline on immunotherapy for the treatment of gastrointestinal cancer (2023, reviewed 2024)

●IANS: Guidelines for practice standards in the detection of anal cancer precursors (2016)

Canada

●Cancer Care Ontario (CCO): Guideline on PET imaging in anal canal cancer (2017)

●CCO: Guideline for the management of squamous cell cancer of the anal canal (2014)

United States

●American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO): Clinical practice guideline on radiation therapy for anal squamous cell carcinoma (2025)

●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on staging and follow-up of anal cancer (2024)

●American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO): Guideline on systemic therapy for stage I-III anal squamous cell carcinoma (2024)

●ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group: Guideline for contouring and treatment of early stage anal cancer using IMRT/IGRT (2022)