title: Combined chemotherapy and radiation therapy for advanced carcinoma of the cervix.
abstract: Ten patients with advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix received induction chemotherapy with cis-platinum, mitomycin-C, vincristine, and bleomycin (BOMP) over a 5 week period, followed by radiotherapy with concomitant weekly cisplatinum. Two patients were FIGO stage I-B barrel-shaped, five were stage II-B, and three were III-B. All patients responded to induction chemotherapy with five complete and five partial responses. At the completion of radiation therapy, nine patients had negative biopsies. One patient never reached a complete response and died of distant metastasis. Another underwent total exenteration for a central recurrence and was found to have microscopic paraaortic lymph node involvement. A third recurred in the parametrium. Two patients with barrel-shaped tumors underwent extrafascial hysterectomies; both had negative specimens and tolerated surgery well. Although follow-up is short, this new approach for advanced carcinoma of the cervix yielded excellent results and was well tolerated.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016685:Mitomycin; D008937:Mitomycins / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010388:Pelvis / Q000528:radiation effects; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D014750:Vincristine / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D008937:Mitomycins; D001761:Bleomycin; D016685:Mitomycin; D014750:Vincristine; D002945:Cisplatin