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. 2024 Mar 25;16(3):e56882. doi: 10.7759/cureus.56882

Table 1. A literature review of published cases with GCA treated with radiation therapy spanning from 1987 to 2019.

GCA: giant condyloma acuminata, HPV: human papillomavirus, 5FU: fluorouracil, SCC: squamous cell carcinoma, APR: abdominoperineal resection

First Author/Pub Year Gender Age HPV/HIV Therapy Fractions Follow-Up Recurrence Additional Therapy Pathology
Butler, 1987 [18] Male 40 N/A Definitive Radiotherapy, 5FU, mitomycin 45Gy (28 fractions over 44d) 32w No Diverting colostomy, surgical excisions GCA w/ marked acanthosis, hyperkeratosis, and papillomatosis with well-differentiated in situ and invasive SCC
Hyacinthe, 1998 [23] Male 60 HPV+ (6/11/16/18/31/33/35) Radiotherapy, 5FU, mitomycin-C, posterior pelvic exenteration 46.8Gy (26 fractions over 46d) 2y No No GCA with SCC transformation
Sobrado, 2000 [24] Male 42 N/A Definitive Radiation therapy 45 Gy (28 fractions) during additional radiation therapy 20mo No PRIOR to Radiation Therapy: Sigmoidostomy, bleomycin, topical podophyllin (recurrence in <30d)  
Dolanc, 2002 [25] Female 56 HPV+ (6/11) Radiotherapy, APR (Abdominoperineal Resection) 50Gy      No SCC arising in GCA w/ clear resection margins
Chao, 2005 [26] Male 57 HIV- Radiotherapy, 5FU, mitomycin 50.4Gy to primary tumor, 45Gy to perirectal LN, 36Gy to inguinal LN 1y No No  
Tytherleigh, 2006 [27] Male 40 HIV+ chemoradiation, APR (Abdominoperineal Resection)   12mo Yes, patient passed N/A GCA
Male 51 HIV+ chemoradiation, APR (Abdominoperineal Resection)   5y No N/A GCA
Armstrong, 2009 [28] Male 46 HIV-, HPV+ (6/11) Unsuccessful APR, chemoradiotherapy   34mo No No GCA
Handisurya, 2009 [29] Male 45 HIV+, HPV+ (6/11) Surgical intervention 60Gy (additional radiation therapy) 6mo Yes Palliative surgery and chemoradiotherapy GCA differentiating into invasive SCC
Haque, 2009 [30] Male 38 HIV- Definitive Radiotherapy, 5FU, mitomycin 54Gy (30 fractions) 6mo No PRIOR to Radiation Therapy: Two Surgical excisions (recurrence in <5mo) GCA (Buschke-Lewenstein tumor-type) w/ focal transformation to verrucous carcinoma 
Indinnimeo, 2013 [21] Male 43 HIV+, HPV+ (6) Radiotherapy, 5FU, mitomycin-C 45Gy (28 fractions) to the pelvis plus a boost with 14.40Gy (1.8Gy/fr) to the primary tumor 3y No EUS and high-resolution anoscopy (HRA) GCA with SCC transformation
Shenoy, 2019 [31] Male 70 HIV-, HPV+ Radiotherapy, 5FU, mitomycin 46Gy (30 fractions) 3y No No GCA, SCC of the anus
Male 58 HIV+, HPV+ Radiotherapy, 5FU, mitomycin, diverting sigmoid colostomy 46Gy (30 fractions) 3mo Yes No GCA, SCC of the anus