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For very

advanced anal

or rectal cancers, extending through

the mesorectum or the levators, the group’s recommendation

is to

add ~2 cm margin up to bone

wherever the cancer

extends beyond the usual compartments.

Better defined on MRI and/or PET/CT.

Myerson RJ, Garofalo MC, El Naqa I, et al. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009