title: Treatment results and prognostic analysis of radical radiotherapy for locally advanced cancer of the uterine cervix.
abstract: This study investigated treatment results and prognostic factors in radical radiotherapy for stage IIB-IVA cervical cancer. This is a retrospective analysis of 71 patients with cancer of the uterine cervix treated radically with external beam radiotherapy and high-dose-rate intracavitary brachytherapy between June 1991 and May 2004. In 47/71 (66%) of patients' chemotherapy was combined with radiotherapy. All 71 patients were retrospectively analysed. The median follow-up time was 34.8 months. The median age was 57 years (range 26-78 years) There were 21 patients (30%) in stage IIB, 3 (4%) stage IIIA, 40 (56%) stage IIIB, and 7 (10%) stage IVA. The 5-year overall survival rate was 83.5%, 77.0%, and 42.9% for stage IIB, III, and IVA, respectively. Federation Internationale de Gynocologie et d'Obstetrique (FIGO) classification stage and pelvic and para-aortic nodal status significantly affected survival in univariate analysis, but no treatment-related factor was found to be significant in multivariate analysis. In this study para-aortic nodal status was the most important prognostic factor in the radical radiotherapy of cervical cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Tokyo Hospital, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tago
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shiraishi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohtomo
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000556:secondary; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000379:methods; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000556:secondary; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*