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

References

• BARILLOT, I., HORIOT, J. C., PIGNEUX, J., SCHRAUB, S., POURQUIER, H., DALY, N., BOLLA, M and ROZAN, R., 1997, Carcinoma of the intact uterine cervix treated with radio-therapy alone: a French cooperative study: update and multivariate analysis of prog-nostics factors. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics, 38, 969–978.
   Google Scholar
• DArrA, N. R., BOSE, A. K., and KAPOOR, H. K., 1987, Thermoradiotherapy in the manage-ment of carcinoma of the cervix (MB): a controlled clinical study. Indian Medical Gazette, 121, 68–71.
   Google Scholar
• FELDMANN, H. J., SEEGENSCHMIEDT, M . H., and MOLLIS, M., 1995, Hyperthermia—its actual role in radiation oncology. Part III: clinical rationale and results in deep seated tumors. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie, 171, 251–264.
   Google Scholar
• FELDMANN, H. J., SIEVERS, K., FULLER, J., MOLLS, M., and LOHR, E., 1993, Evaluation of tumor blood perfusion by dynamic MRI and CT in patients undergoing thermora-diotherapy. European Journal of Radiology, 16, 224–229.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• HARIMA, Y., NAGATA, K., HARIMA, K., OKA, A., OSTAPENKO, V. V., SHIKATA, N., OHNISHI, T., and TANAKA, Y., 2000, Bax and Bc1-2 protein expression following radiation ther-apy versus radiation plus thermoradiotherapy in stage MB cervical carcinoma. Cancer, 88, 132–138.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• HORNBACK, N. B., SHUPE, R. E., SHIDNIA, H., MARSHALL, C. U., and LAUER, T., 1986, Advanced stage MB cancer of the cervix treatment by hyperthermia and radiation. Gynecologic Oncology, 23, 160–167.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• KAPLAN, E. L., and MEIER, P., 1958, Nonparametric estimation from incomplete observa-tions. Journal of American Statistical Association, 53, 457–481.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• LANCIANO, R. M., MARTZ, K., COIA, L. R., and HANKS, G. E., 1991, Tumor and treatment factors improving outcome in stage III-B cervix cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics, 20, 95–100.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• LOGSDON, M . D ., and EIFEL, P., 1999, FIGO TuB squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix: an analysis of prognostic factors emphasizing the balance between external beam and intracavitary radiation therapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics, 43, 763–775.
   Google Scholar
• MANTEL, N., 1966, Evaluation of survival data and two new rank order statistics arising in its consideration. Cancer Chemotherapy Reports, 50, 163–170.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• MARCIAL, V. A., and MARCIAL, L. V., 1993, Radiation therapy of cervical cancer. New developments. Cancer, 71 (4 Suppl), 1438–1445.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• MORRIS, M., EIFEL, P. J., Lu, J., GRIGSBY, P. W., LEVENBACK, C., STEVENS, R. E., ROTMAN, M., GERSHENSON, D. M., and MUTCH, D. G., 1999, Pelvic radiation with concurrent chemotherapy compared with pelvic and para-aortic radiation for high-risk cervical cancer. New England Journal of Medicine, 340, 1137–1143.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• NAGATA, Y., HIKAOKA, M., NISHIMURA, Y., MASUNAGA, S., MITUMORI, M., OKUNO, Y., FUJISHIRO, M., KANAMORI, S., HORII, N., AKUTA, K., SASAI, K., ABE, M and FUKUDA, Y., 1997, Clinical results of radiofrequency hyperthermia for malignant liver tumors. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics, 38, 359–365.
   Google Scholar
• NISHIMURA, Y., HIRAOKA, M., AKUTA, K., Jo, S., NGATA, Y., MASUNAGA, S., TAKAHASHI, M., and ABE, M., 1992, Hyperthermia combined with radiation therapy for primarily unresectable and recurrent colorectal cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics, 23, 759–768.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• PONTEN, J., ADAMI, H. 0., BERGSTRöM, R., DILLNER, J., FRIBERG, L. G., GUSTAFSSON, L., MILLER, A. B., PARKIN, D. M., SPARtN, P., and TRICHOPOULOS, D., 1995, Strategies for global control of cervical cancer. International Journal of Cancer, 60, 1–26.
   Google Scholar
• ROSE, P. G., BUNDY, B. N., WATKINS, E. B., THIGPEN, J. T., DEPPE, G., MMMAN, M. A., CLARKE-PEARSON, D. L., and INSALACO, S., 1999, Concurrent cisplatin-based radio-therapy and chemotherapy for locally advanced cervical cancer. New England Journal of Medicine, 340, 1144–1153.
   Google Scholar
• SHARMA, S., SINGHAL, S., SANDHU, A. P., GHOSHAL, S., GUPTA, B. D., and YADAV, N. S., 1991, Local thermo-radiotherapy in carcinoma cervix: improved local control versus increased incidence of distant metastasis. Asia-Oceania Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 17, 5–12.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• TANAKA, Y., YAMAMOTO, K., MURATA, T., and NAGATA, K., 1992, Effects of multimodal treatment and hyperthermia on hepatic tumors. Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharma-cology, 31, S111—S114.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• TROTTI, A., BYHARDT, R., STETZ, J., GWEDE, C., CORN, B., Fu, K., GUNDERSON, L., MCCORMICK, B., MORRIS, M., RICH, T., SHIPLEY, W., and CURRAN, W., FOR THE RADIATION THERAPY ONCOLOGY GROUP, 2000, Common toxicity criteria: version 2.0, an improved reference for grading the acute effects of cancer treatment: impact on radiotherapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics, 47, 13–47.
   Google Scholar
• VAN DER ZEE, J., GONZALEZ-GONZALEZ, D., VAN RHOON, G. C., VAN D UK, J. D. P., VAN PUTTEN, W. L. J., and HART, A. A. M., 2000, Comparison of radiotherapy alone with radiotherapy plus hyperthermia in locally advanced pelvic tumours: a prospective, randomised, multicentre trial. Lancet, 355, 1119–1125.
   Google Scholar
• WONG, L. C., NGAN, H. Y. S., CHEUNG, A.N. Y., CHENG, D. K. L., NG, T. Y., and CHOY, D. T. K., 1999, Chemoradiation and adjuvant chemotherapy in cervical cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 17, 2055–2060.
   Google Scholar
• WUST, P., GELLERMANN, J., RAU, B., LOFFEL, J., SPEIDEL, A., STAHL, H., REISS, H., VOGL, T. J., FELIX, R., and SCHLAG, P. M., 1996, Hyperthermia in the multimodal therapy of advanced rectal carcinomas. Recent Results in Cancer Research, 142, 281–309.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar