Preoperative irradiation therapy and radical hysterectomy: prognostic value of tumor regression after initial irradiation of squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role of tumor persistence in patients submitted to irradiation therapy and radical hysterectomy. DESIGN: A retrospective analysis of prognostic factors. LOCATION: Hospital A.C. Camargo, São Paulo, Brazil, a private non-profitmaking foundation and tertiary referral centr...

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Published in:	São Paulo Medical Journal
Main Authors:	Francisco Ricardo Gualda Coelho, Eduardo Luiz Franco, Luiz Paulo Kowalski, Fauzer Simão Abrão
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Associação Paulista de Medicina
Subjects:	Squamous cell Cervical cancer Cervix uteri Hysterectomy Radiotherapy Multivariate Analysis
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31801998000300003&lng=en&tlng=en