For newly diagnosed advanced cervical cancer, how soon after periaortic lymph node evaluation do you start definitive chemoradiation treatment?

It depends on the evaluation method: PET scanning, limited node biopsies, lymph node dissection. In general, 4-6 weeks is a reasonable waiting period, if post-op course is uneventful. I would use IMRT to decrease small bowel and kidney toxicity. Dose, about 5000 cGy and boost with limited volumes to...