Cisplatin, Radiation, and Adjuvant Hysterectomy Compared with Radiation and Adjuvant Hysterectomy for Bulky Stage IB Cervical Carcinoma

Keys, Henry; N. Bundy, Brian; B. Stehman, Frederick; I. Muderspach, Laila; Chafe, Weldon; L. Suggs, Charles; L. Walker, Joan; J. Gersell, Deborah

doi:10.1056/nejm199904153401503

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Cisplatin, Radiation, and Adjuvant Hysterectomy Compared with Radiation and Adjuvant Hysterectomy for Bulky Stage IB Cervical Carcinoma

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Apr 15, 1999

Authors:

Henry Keys

Brian N. Bundy

Frederick B. Stehman

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Bulky stage IB cervical cancers have a poorer prognosis than smaller stage I cervical cancers. For the Gynecologic Oncology Group, we conducted a trial to determine whether weekly infusions of cisplatin during radiotherapy improve progression-free and overall survival among patients with...

Subject

Medicine

Hysterectomy

Adjuvant

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