Neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus surgery versus surgery for cervical cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A previous systematic review found that giving neoadjuvant chemotherapy before surgery improved survival compared with radiotherapy. However, the role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery versus surgery alone is still unclear.

Objectives

To assess the role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in women with early or locally-advanced cervical cancer.

Search methods

We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL, The Cochrane Library) (to Issue 8, 2012), MEDLINE (OVID) (to Aug 2012), LILACS (to Aug 2012), Physician's Data Query (PDQ) (to Aug 2012). We sought both published and unpublished trials and undertook systematic searches of a number of trial sources with no restrictions.

Selection criteria

Randomised trials comparing n

SUBMITTER: Rydzewska L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7175775 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature