TY - JOUR
AU - Ludwig, Michelle
AB - J Radiat Oncol (2017) 6:167–173 DOI 10.1007/s13566-017-0294-7 ORIGINAL RESEARCH Effectiveness of intensity-modulated radiation therapy with simultaneous integrated boost in cervical cancer patients with PET positive lymph nodes 1 1 1 1 John W Shumway & Alfredo E Echeverria & Umang Patel & Joshua Asper & 1 1,2 Mark Bonnen & Michelle Ludwig Received: 1 December 2016 /Accepted: 27 January 2017 /Published online: 10 February 2017 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2017 Abstract median follow-up time of 26 months (range 4–47 months), 16 Purpose It is standard for our department to offer intensity- patients experienced recurrence or persistent disease. The sites modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) with simultaneous inte- of recurrent/persistent disease were cervix 10 (29%), regional grated boost (SIB) for all node-positive cervical cancer pa- nodes 6 (18%), and distant 10 (29%). Two-year overall sur- tients. Multiple institutions have provided reports and here vival was 73% and 2-year disease-free survival was 59%. we provide our outcomes using IMRT [Vargo et al. (Int J Fourteen patients (41%) experienced grade 2 and 1 patient Rad Oncol Biol Phys 90: 1091–1098, 9), Marnitz et al. (3%) experienced grade 3 GI toxicity. (Strahlentherapie und Onkol 191: 421–428, 10), Jung et al. Conclusions InpatientswithPET-positivenodes,IMRTiswell (Anticancer Res 34: 
TI - Effectiveness of intensity-modulated radiation therapy with simultaneous integrated boost in cervical cancer patients with PET positive lymph nodes
JF - Journal of Radiation Oncology
DO - 10.1007/s13566-017-0294-7
DA - 2017-02-10
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/effectiveness-of-intensity-modulated-radiation-therapy-with-QdJMAXkx9m
SP - 167
EP - 173
VL - 6
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -