Concurrent Cisplatin-Based Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer
Peter G. Rose, M.D., Brian N. Bundy, Ph.D., Edwin B. Watkins, M.D., J. Tate Thigpen, M.D., Gunther Deppe, M.D., Mitchell A. Maiman, M.D., Daniel L. Clarke-Pearson, M.D., and Sam Insalaco, M.D.
Background and Methods On behalf of the Gynecologic OncologyGroup, we performed a randomized trial of radiotherapy in combinationwith three concurrent chemotherapy regimens cisplatinalone; cisplatin, fluorouracil, and hydroxyurea; and hydroxyureaalone in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer.Women with primary untreated invasive squamous-cell carcinoma,adenosquamous carcinoma, or adenocarcinoma of the cervix ofstage IIB, III, or IVA, without involvement of the para-aorticlymph nodes, were enrolled. The patients had to have a leukocytecount of at least 3000 per cubic millimeter, a platelet countof at least 100,000 per cubic millimeter, a serum creatininelevel no higher than 2 mg per deciliter (177 µmol perliter), and adequate hepatic function. All patients receivedexternal-beam radiotherapy according to a strict protocol. Patientswere randomly assigned to receive one of three chemotherapyregimens: 40 mg of cisplatin per square meter of body-surfacearea per week for six weeks (group 1); 50 mg of cisplatin persquare meter on days 1 and 29, followed by 4 g of fluorouracilper square meter given as a 96-hour infusion on days 1 and 29,and 2 g of oral hydroxyurea per square meter twice weekly forsix weeks (group 2); or 3 g of oral hydroxyurea per square metertwice weekly for six weeks (group 3).
Results The analysis included 526 women. The median durationof follow-up was 35 months. Both groups that received cisplatinhad a higher rate of progression-free survival than the groupthat received hydroxyurea alone (P<0.001 for both comparisons).The relative risks of progression of disease or death were 0.57(95 percent confidence interval, 0.42 to 0.78) in group 1 and0.55 (95 percent confidence interval, 0.40 to 0.75) in group2, as compared with group 3. The overall survival rate was significantlyhigher in groups 1 and 2 than in group 3, with relative risksof death of 0.61 (95 percent confidence interval, 0.44 to 0.85)and 0.58 (95 percent confidence interval, 0.41 to 0.81), respectively.
Conclusions Regimens of radiotherapy and chemotherapy that containcisplatin improve the rates of survival and progression-freesurvival among women with locally advanced cervical cancer.
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From the Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Reproductive Biology, University Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland (P.G.R.); the Gynecologic Oncology Group, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, N.Y. (B.N.B.); the Radiation Oncology Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. (E.B.W.); the Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson (J.T.T.); the Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Hutzel Hospital and Wayne State University, Detroit (G.D.); the Division of Gynecologic Oncology, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn (M.A.M.); the Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, N.C. (D.L.C.-P.); and the Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, and the Department of Pathology, Multicare Medical Center, Tacoma, Wash. (S.I.).
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