Category: Health Services

Tags: #Cancer

What does anal cancer feel like? How do I know if I have hemorrhoids or cancer? Anal cancer, which is rare cancer, is where cancerous cells grow within the anus. Cancer can grow inside the body, in those tissues that line the canal, or within the anal sphincter, or in the exterior area that surrounds the anus. Different types of cancers can grow in various parts of the anus, a portion of which is within the body, while the other part that outside. Some abnormalities of the anus can be harmless at first, however, they could later progress into cancer. Certain anal warts, for instance, are cancerous areas that can grow into cancer. Around half of the cancers that occur in the anal area squamous-cell carcinomas that originate from the cells that line the anal margin as well as the anal canal. Anal margins are the area of the anus which is partially inside and partly outside the body.