ESTRO 2024 - Abstract Book

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Clinical - Lower GI

ESTRO 2024

Fig 2. Development trends of radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and men who have sex with men in anal cancer research

Conclusion:

The anal cancer article is growing especially in the last decade. Europe made a significant contribution to anal cancer. We predict that virus and radiotherapy-related studies will be published a lot soon.

Keywords: anal cancer, bibliometrics

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