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. 1977 Mar;39(3):1243-6.
doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(197703)39:3<1243::aid-cncr2820390333>3.0.co;2-t.

High dose irradiation to biopsy confirmed aortic node metastases from carcinoma of the uterine cervix

M S Piver, J J Barlow

High dose irradiation to biopsy confirmed aortic node metastases from carcinoma of the uterine cervix

M S Piver et al. Cancer. 1977 Mar.

Abstract

Twenty-one women with biopsy proven aortic node metastases from previously untreated carcinoma of the uterine cervix were treated with high dose irradiation to the pelvis and para-aortic areas. The majority received 6000 rads to the pelvis and para-aortic nodes by split course therapy plus 2500 rads by intracavitary radium to point A; 57.1% sustained severe complications to the stomach, small intestine or colon. Only 14.2% are surviving over 2 years free of recurrence. Though approximately 40% of women with Stages III and IV cervical cancer will have metastases to the para-aortic nodes, to date there is no satisfactory therapy that results in a significant number of such women surviving free of recurrent cervical cancer.

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