Evaluation of the efficacy of prophylactic extended field irradiation in the concomitant chemoradiotherapy treatment of locally advanced cervical cancer, stage IIIB in the 2018 FIGO classification.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The new staging system of cervical cancer issued in 2018 by the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), calls for a new evaluation of the efficacy of prophylactic extended field irradiation (EFI) in the concomitant chemoradiotherapy/brachytherapy treatment of locally advanced cervical cancer patients (stage IIIB).

Methods

We performed a retrospective study consisting of 133 FIGO IIIB cervical cancer patients treated in the Peking Union Medical College Hospital from 2002 to 2010. The patients were distributed in two groups depending whether they were treated with EFI or pelvic only irradiation. The therapeutic efficacy, toxicity and prognostic factors of EFI were evaluated in the frame of the new FIGO staging system.

Results

When compar

SUBMITTER: Meng Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6915883 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature