title: Efficacy of concurrent chemoradiotherapy plus adjuvant chemotherapy on advanced cervical cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Concurrent chemoradiotherapy for cervical carcinoma develops rapidly and has become a common and standard therapy in recent years. Both the local control rate and survival rate of patients were increased and the risk of death fell by 30%-50%. This study aimed to explore the efficacy of concurrent chemoradiotherapy plus adjuvant chemotherapy on and the treatment compliance of the patients with advanced cervical squamous cell carcinoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 156 patients with stage IIa-IIIb cervical squamous cell carcinoma were randomly divided into the concurrent chemoradiotherapy group (experimental group) and radiotherapy group (control group). Intracavity and external beam radiation therapy were administered. At point A, 40-48 Gy were given by 10-12 fractions; at point B, 46-50 Gy were given by 23-25 fractions. In the same time, experimental group was treated by cisplatin (DDP, 40 mg) on day 1, repeated every week. Ten days after radiation therapy, TP regimen was administered as adjuvant chemotherapy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  For the experimental and control groups, the objective response rates were 88.61% and 75.32%, 1-year survival rates were 88.57% and 70.77%, 1-year local control rates were 81.43% and 64.62%, 3-year survival rates were 82.14% and 57.69%, and 3-year local control rates were 75.00% and 46.15%, with significant differences (P<0.05). Quality of life of all patients were significantly improved after treatment (P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Concurrent chemoradiotherapy plus adjuvant chemotherapy for advanced cervical cancer can improve short-term and long-term survival and local control rates of patients, improve the quality of life, and the toxicity can be tolerated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, the Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical College, Haikou, Hainan 570102, PR China. wsh63@sina.com
authors.forename: Shun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Da-Shui
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Sha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ming-Kun
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D059248:Chemoradiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000209:etiology; D019583:Dose Fractionation, Radiation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D017239:Paclitaxel; D011788:Quality of Life; D012074:Remission Induction; D015996:Survival Rate; D043823:Taxoids / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D014839:Vomiting / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D043823:Taxoids; D017239:Paclitaxel; D002945:Cisplatin