Comparison of Compliance and Response for Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Followed by Concurrent Chemo Radiation Versus Chemo Radiation Alone in Carcinoma Cervix Figo Stage Iva- A Single Institution Experience.
Abstract:Aims/Objectives: Cervical cancer is the second most cancer in women in India. Patients presenting with stage IVa have 5
year survival rates of only 16% and are not able to complete the full course of radiation due to advance disease.
The aim of this retrospective study is to study the compliance of the stage IVa patients to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) followed by
concurrent chemo radiotherapy and their completion of radical dose of radiation and subjective response in comparison to patients without
NACT.
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