Pelvic Radiation with Concurrent Chemotherapy Compared with Pelvic and Para-Aortic Radiation for High-Risk Cervical Cancer

19992,315 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Mitchell Morris · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Patricia J. Eifel · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Jiandong Lu · RTOG Foundation

Perry W. Grigsby · Mallinckrodt (United States)

Charles Levenback · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Randy E. Stevens · New York University

Marvin Rotman

Abstract

The addition of chemotherapy with fluorouracil and cisplatin to treatment with external-beam and intracavitary radiation significantly improved survival among women with locally advanced cervical cancer.

Topics & Keywords

Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 340, Issue 15, pp. 1137-1143

DOI: 10.1056/nejm199904153401501

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