“…A prospective study reported that among 25 SCCA patients treated with CRT, seventeen had at least one somatic pathogenic mutation in their pretreatment tumour tissues, with the most common mutations being in PI3KCA and MET ; these molecular alterations did not influence response to CRT. 16 Currently, the only prognostic factors in patients with SCCA are HIV 16 , 17 and HPV infections. 18 In conclusion, we observed that T2N0 SCCA patients treated with standard f-CRT had significantly superior PFS and less colostomy rates than those who were treated with either radiation alone or radiation combined with fluoroupyrimidine.…”