How important is the timing of weekly cisplatin in concurrent chemoradiation for definitive treatment of cervical cancer?
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Medical Oncology · University of California, San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center
Weekly cisplatin in concurrent chemoradiation for cervical cancer serves as a radiosensitizer. Theoretically, it makes most sense for the chemotherapy to overlap as much as possible with the radiation. This is why typically these regimens are started on a Monday, and ideally the dose of cisplatin sh...
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Radiation Oncology · Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
I am not aware of any data that shows a difference in outcomes based on what day of the week cisplatin is given during concurrent chemoradiation.
Assuming that radiation starts on a Monday, we do prefer our med onc colleagues to give it either Monday or Tuesday as written above, but it is not mandat...