title: Potential for use of amifostine in cervical cancer.
abstract: Cisplatin-based combined chemoradiotherapy is now the standard of treatment for locally advanced cervical cancer. Although combined-modality treatment has improved survival, it has also increased the already high frequency of toxicity observed with traditional radiotherapy alone. Cervical cancer patients with para-aortic metastasis may be at particularly high risk of toxicity with combined-modality treatment. The few clinical trial data available on the use of amifostine in cervical cancer or pelvic cancer patients suggest benefit in reducing treatment toxicity. The potential role of amifostine in combination with currently used cisplatin-based chemoradiotherapy regimens is being assessed in a Radiation Therapy Oncology Group phase I/II study in cervical cancer patients with positive para-aortic or high common iliac lymph nodes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Radiology, Division of Radiation Oncology, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Small
mesh_terms: D004999:Amifostine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017321:Clinical Trials, Phase I as Topic; D017322:Clinical Trials, Phase II as Topic; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D019610:Cytoprotection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011837:Radiation-Protective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000532:radiotherapy*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D011837:Radiation-Protective Agents; D004999:Amifostine; D002945:Cisplatin