My symptoms included occasional blood in the stool and  anal itching. Had I been more aware that these are symptoms of anal cancer I would have gone to the doctor much sooner than I did. As it happens, the tumor was already 3 cm. I don’t know if the treatment protocol would have been different and I’m lucky the cancer hadn’t spread. Since getting an early diagnosis is important, go see your doctor if you have any of the following symptoms: Read the rest of this entry