Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Followed by Radical Surgery versus Concurrent Chemo-Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer: A Multicenter Retrospective Analysis.
Paolo SalaStefano BoglioloFabio BarraAlessandra FazioMattia MaramaiChiara CassaniBarbara GardellaLuciana BabilontiFlavio GiannelliSerafina MammolitiArsenio SpinilloSimone FerreroMario Valenzano MenadaSergio CostantiniPaolo BruzziPierangelo MarchiolèPublished in: Journal of investigative surgery : the official journal of the Academy of Surgical Research (2020)
This retrospective study demonstrated an improved survival outcome for patients undergoing NACT + RS compared with those undergoing CCRT. Our findings seem to support the use of NACT before RS as an effective alternative option to CCRT standard therapy.
Keyphrases
- locally advanced
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- rectal cancer
- squamous cell carcinoma
- radiation therapy
- patients undergoing
- phase ii study
- sentinel lymph node
- minimally invasive
- coronary artery bypass
- combination therapy
- stem cells
- cross sectional
- free survival
- early stage
- coronary artery disease
- cell therapy
- acute coronary syndrome
- surgical site infection
- cancer therapy
- study protocol