Abstract Anti-PD-1/PD-L1 monoclonal antibodies have substantially improved the overall
survival of a subset of patients across multiple solid tumour types, but other patients can …

BACKGROUND A frequent complication of anticancer treatment, oral and gastrointestinal
(GI) mucositis, threatens the effectiveness of therapy because it leads to dose reductions …

Purpose On initial publication of GI Intergroup Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG)
98-11 [A Phase III Randomized Study of 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU), Mitomycin, and Radiotherapy …

Background and Methods We compared the effect of radiotherapy to a pelvic and para-aortic
field with that of pelvic radiation and concurrent chemotherapy with fluorouracil and cisplatin …

Radiotherapy and chemotherapy are given in multiple doses, which are spaced out to allow
the recovery of normal tissues between treatments. However, surviving cancer cells also …

Purpose: Some studies have described pelvic tumor control and survival rates in invasive
carcinoma of uterine cervix when the overall time in a course of definitive irradiation is …

Background and purpose Currently, there is no consensus on dose prescription in image
guided adaptive brachytherapy (IGABT) in locally advanced cervical cancer. The purpose of …

The prescribed total radiation dose should be administered within a specific time. In daily
clinical practice, however, unplanned treatment interruptions resulting in prolongation of the …

Purpose: To evaluate the role of concurrent cisplatin plus radiotherapy in the treatment of
cervical cancer. Methods: A systematic review of randomized trials of cisplatin administered …

Purpose: To determine the time course and incidence of late complications from radiation
therapy in patients treated with radiation for FIGO Stage IB carcinoma of the uterine cervix …