Effective Treatment of Stage I Uterine Papillary Serous Carcinoma with High Dose-Rate Vaginal Apex Radiation (192Ir) and Chemotherapy
Turner B, Knisely J, Kacinski B, Haffty B, Gumbs A, Roberts K, Frank A, Peschel R, Rutherford T, Edraki B, Kohorn E, Chambers S, Schwartz P, Wilson L. Effective Treatment of Stage I Uterine Papillary Serous Carcinoma with High Dose-Rate Vaginal Apex Radiation (192Ir) and Chemotherapy. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 1998, 40: 77-84. PMID: 9422561, DOI: 10.1016/s0360-3016(97)00581-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBrachytherapyChemotherapy, AdjuvantCystadenocarcinoma, PapillaryDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleHumansHysterectomyMiddle AgedNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalNeoplasm StagingRetrospective StudiesSalvage TherapyUterine NeoplasmsConceptsUterine papillary serous carcinomaWhole pelvic radiation therapyWhole-abdomen radiation therapyComplete surgical stagingDisease-free survivalActuarial disease-free survivalFIGO stage IPapillary serous carcinomaSurgical stagingActuarial OSOverall survivalSalvage rateStage IRadiation therapyUPSC patientsVaginal brachytherapyMyometrial invasionSerous carcinomaLDR brachytherapyRadiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) grade 1DFS of patientsPara-aortic lymph node samplingConventional external beam radiotherapyFIGO stage IARTOG grade 3