Gynecologic oncology
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Gynecologic oncology · Mar 1994
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialChemotherapy and extended-field radiation therapy to para-aortic area in patients with histologically proven metastatic cervical cancer to para-aortic nodes: a phase II pilot study.
From November 1983 to October 1992, 22 patients with invasive cervical cancer stage IB through stage IIIB with metastasis to para-aortic nodes were entered in this study. Five patients were excluded. Of 17 remaining evaluable patients, 5 (29%) were stage IB, 6 (35%) were stage IIB, and 6 (35%) were stage IIIB. ⋯ There was no significant difference between regimen A and B for local disease control. Maintenance chemotherapy with cisplatin did not appear to significantly improve the 5-year survival. Distant metastases were the predominant sites of failure.