Is postoperative radiotherapy or maintenance chemotherapy necessary for carcinoma of the uterine cervix? |
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| Authors: | KENJI SHIROMIZU MASUMI MATSUZAWA MICHIKO TAKAHASHI OS AMU ISHIHARA |
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| Affiliation: | Division of Gynaecology, Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Summary. The effectiveness of postoperative radiotherapy and adjuvant chemotherapy was examined for patients with uterine cervical squamous cell carcinoma. Whole pelvis irradiation is unnecessary for patients with less than 2/3 of depth of cervical local involvement without pelvic regional lymph node metastases. Adjuvant chemotherapy with tegafur [l-(2-tetrahydrofuryl)-5-fluorouracil] (600 mg/day) has failed to improve the survival of patients with positive lymph node metastases. |
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