From: Presenting symptoms predict local staging of anal cancer: a retrospective analysis of 86 patients
All | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | χ 2 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 86 | n = 8 | n = 32 | n = 25 | n = 21 | significance | ||
Blood in stool | 78 % | 75 % | 77 % | 84 % | 76 % | 0.78 | |
Pain | Painful defecation | 38 % | 25 % | 26 % | 52 % | 48 % | 0.26 |
Anal pain | 29 % | 25 % | 29 % | 24 % | 33 % | 0.83 | |
Perianal pain | 24 % | 0 | 10 % | 32 % | 48 % | <0.01 | |
Defecation and stool irregularities | Outlet obstruction | 7 % | 0 | 3 % | 12 % | 10 % | 0.20 |
Incontinence | 12 % | 0 | 6 % | 16 % | 19 % | 0.07 | |
Pencil stool | 6 % | 0 | 6 % | 4 % | 10 % | 0.45 | |
Diarrhea | 11 % | 0 | 10 % | 16 % | 10 % | 0.50 | |
Irregular stool | 7 % | 0 | 6 % | 8 % | 10 % | 0.40 | |
Constipation | 6 % | 0 | 0 | 8 % | 14 % | 0.02 | |
Local mechanical symptoms | Foreign body sensation | 22 % | 0 | 2 % | 20 % | 29 % | 0.28 |
Pruritus | 21 % | 37 % | 29 % | 16 % | 5 % | <0.01 | |
Tumor on self-palpation | 26 % | 25 % | 26 % | 24 % | 29 % | 0.81 | |
Other organ involvement | Abdominal pain | 5 % | 0 | 0 | 4 % | 14 % | 0.02 |
Mechanical ileus | 1 % | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 % | 0.16 | |
Vaginal stool | 1 % | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 % | 0.16 | |
Inguinal lymph nodes on self-palpation | 2 % | 0 | 3 % | 0 | 5 % | 0.64 | |
Systemic symptoms/findings | Weight loss | 31 % | 25 % | 20 % | 30 % | 60 % | <0.01 |
Anemia | 2 % | 0 | 0 | 4 % | 5 % | 0.22 | |
Asymptomatic | 1 % | 12 % | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.63 | |
Total symptoms | 3.3 | 2.12 | 2.75 | 3.52 | 4.43 | <0.01 |