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Cervical Cancer
Locally advanced cervical cancer treated by preoperative chemoradiotherapy
March 16th, 2006
Locally advanced cervical cancer (LACC) could be treated by preoperative chemoradiotherapy. Researchers in Italy conducted a study "to demonstrate the efficacy and feasibility of preoperative chemoradiotherapy in a consecutive series of 100 LACC patients. Between October 1997 and December 2004, 100 LACC patients were consecutively staged and treated at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Rome." "Radiotherapy was administered to the whole pelvic region (1.8 Gy/day, totaling 39.6 Gy) in combination with cisplatin (20 mg/m2) and 5-FU (1000 mg/m2) (both on days 1-4 and 27-30). Radical surgery was performed 5-6 weeks after...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-03-16)
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