Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Analysis Demonstrates Improvement in Overall Survival for Cervical Cancer Patients Treated in the Era of Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy

Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Analysis Demonstrates Improvement in Overall Survival for Cervical Cancer Patients Treated in the Era of Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy

BackgroundIn February 1999, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) issued a clinical alert based on 5 randomized trials that reported better overall survival (OS) with concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) than with surgery or radiation alone for locoregional cervical cancer. This study analyzes data fr...

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Main Authors: Howard C. Hsu, Xiaochun eLi, John P. Curtin, Judith D. Goldberg, Peter B. Schiff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
Radiotherapy
Survival
chemotherapy
cervical cancer
SEER
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2015.00081/full

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