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Less Toxic IMRT Controls Cervical Cancer After Hysterectomy
Less Toxic IMRT Controls Cervical Cancer After Hysterectomy
N Osterweil
20110906
2011 Oct 6
Elsevier Global Medical News
Less Toxic IMRT Controls Cervical Cancer After Hysterectomy
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2011 Oct 6, N Osterweil
MIAMI BEACH (EGMN) - For women with cervical cancer, intensity-modulated radiation therapy to the pelvis after surgery provides disease control similar to that seen with standard external beam radiation therapy, but with lower acute bowel toxicity, investigators reported here.Two-year results from the phase II Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) 0418 trial showed that the combination of the newer radiation technique and weekly cisplatin chemotherapy was associated with an estimated disease-free...