Does para-aortic irradiation reduce the risk of distant metastasis in cervical cancer? A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials

Authors :: Vinicius Fernando Calsavara
Lucas Gomes Sapienza
Glauco Baiocchi
Mario M. Leitao
Maria José Leite Gomes
Source :: Journal of Clinical Oncology. 34:e17013-e17013
Publication Year :: 2016
Publisher :: American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2016.
Abstract: e17013Background: To evaluate the impact of the extension of radiotherapy field cranially towards para-aortic lymph nodes (EF-RT) in advanced cervical cancer. Methods: A systematic search of data-b...

Subjects :: Cervical cancer
Oncology
Cancer Research
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Distant metastasis
medicine.disease
law.invention
Radiation therapy
Randomized controlled trial
law
Meta-analysis
Internal medicine
medicine
business
Systematic search

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