A randomized clinical trial of radiation therapy versus thermoradiotherapy in stage IIIB cervical carcinoma

Figures & data

Table I.  Clinical characteristcs.

Characteristic	RT (n = 20)	TRT (n = 20)
Mean age (years)	61.6	64.9^a
SD	11.2	9.9
Follow-up time (months)
Mean	25	36.3^a
Range	3.5 ± 60.1	5.9 ± 64.3
Histology
Squamous cell carcinoma	18	17^b
Adenocarcinoma	2	3
Tumour size (cm)
Mean	6.1	5.9^a
SD	1.8	2.2

^aTwo-tailed students’ t-test;^bFishers exact test.

Figure 1. Overall survival of patients in the RT group compared to that of patients in the RT group using the Kaplan–Meier method and analysed with the log-rank test. The survival of patients treated with TRT was better than that of patients treated with RT, although not significantly (p = 0.3).

Figure 2. Disease-free survival of patients in the RT group compared to that of patients in the RT group using the Kaplan-Meier method and analysed with the log-rank test. The survival of patients treated with TRT was better than that of patients treated with RT, although not significantly (p = 0.2).

Figure 3. Local relapse-free survival of patients in the RT group compared to that of patients in the RT group using the Kaplan–Meier method and analysed with the log-rank test. The survival of patients treated with TRT was significantly better than that of patients treated with RT (p = 0.048).