Postoperative chemoradiation therapy using high dose cisplatin and fluorouracil for high- and intermediate-risk uterine cervical cancer.

Authors: Miyauchi R, Itoh Y, Kawamura M, Hirakawa A, Shibata K, Kajiyama H, Nakahara R, Kubota S, Ito J, Okada T, Kikkawa F, Naganawa S Abstract The purpose of this retrospective study was to analyze data in patients with stage IB-IIB uterine cervical cancer who were treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) with high dose cisplatin and fluorouracil as postoperative adjuvant therapy. Between February 2003 and November 2011, 76 patients with FIGO stage IB-IIB cervical cancer were analyzed. Seventy patients were treated with postoperative CCRT and 6 patients were treated with radiation therapy alone. Data related to overall survival (OS), disease-free survival (DFS), toxicity, and failure pattern were analyzed. The median patient age was 45 years (range, 20-80 years). The medi...

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