Inclusion Criteria:

- Histologically/pathologically confirmed squamous-cell carcinoma of the anal canal

- Stage II-IIIB (T2-4, N any, M0) disease

- Previously untreated disease

- Age ≥ 18 years at time of consent

- Life expectancy of at least 2 years

- ECOG performance status (PS) of 0 to 1

- Adequate bone marrow, liver and renal functions as assessed by the following
laboratory requirements to be conducted within 14 days prior to registration.

- Hemoglobin ≥ 90 g/l without transfusion requirement in the prior 4 weeks

- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1.5 x 109/L

- Platelet count ≥ 100 x 109/L

- Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN)

- ALT and AST ≤ 2.5 x ULN

- Alkaline phosphatase < 4 x ULN

- PT/PTT < 1.5 x ULN (patients who receive anticoagulation treatment with an agent
such as warfarin or heparin will be allowed to participate; for patients on
warfarin, close monitoring of at least weekly evaluations will be performed
until INR is stable based on a measurement at predose, as defined by the local
standard of care.

- Serum creatinine clearance ≤ 1.5 x ULN (≥ 60 ml/min calculated using the
Cockcroft-Gault formula)

- Patients with stable HIV infection (i.e. undetectable viral load over the past 6
months while on HIV treatment and with CD4 count > 200 /ml) can be included.

- Before patient registration, written informed consent must be given according to
ICH/GCP, and national/local regulations

Exclusion Criteria:

- Prior treatment with capecitabine or mitomycin

- Prior or concurrent chemotherapy, or any antitumoral hormonal therapy

- Prior treatment with panitumumab or other EGFR inhibitors

- Prior biologic therapy or immunotherapy, e.g. anti-TNF treatment etc.

- Less than 24 hours since prior granulocyte colony-stimulating factors

- Any other concurrent anticancer therapy, including experimental medications

- Receipt of any investigational agent within 4 weeks of study registration

- Concurrent alternative medicine, vitamin supplements unless approved by the
investigator

- Prior radiation therapy to the pelvis

- Prior surgery for anal canal cancer except biopsy

- Evidence of metastatic disease

- Prior or concurrent malignancy other than the study disease unless treated with
curative intent and with no evidence of disease

- Any of the following within 6 months prior to study drug administration: severe/
unstable angina (symptoms at rest), new onset angina (began within the last 3 months)
or myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, cardiac ventricular arrhythmias
requiring anti-arrhythmic therapy

- Known active Hepatitis B or C

- Active clinically serious infection > NCI-CTCAE v4.0 grade 3

- Known or suspected allergy to panitumumab or any agent given in the course of this
trial

- Any condition that impairs patient's ability to swallow whole pills

- Symptomatic pulmonary fibrosis

- History of collagen vascular disease

- Other severe, acute or chronic medical or psychiatric condition, or laboratory
abnormality that may increase the risk associated with study participation or study
drug administration, or may interfere with the interpretation of study results, and
in the judgment of the investigator would make the patient inappropriate for entry
into this study

- Pregnant or breast-feeding patients. Women of childbearing potential must have a
negative pregnancy test performed within 7 days of the start of treatment. Both men
and women enrolled in this trial must use adequate contraception during the course of
the trial and three months after the completion of trial

- Any psychological, familial, sociological or geographical condition potentially
hampering compliance with the study protocol and follow-up schedule; those conditions
should be discussed with the patient before registration in the trial