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When do you consider neoadjuvant chemotherapy prior to definitive chemoradiation for cervical cancer?

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Radiation Oncology · University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Although we are occassionally referred patients for "consolidation" of loco-regional disease after favorable responses to chemotherapy for stage IVB disease, we very rarely give neoadjuvant chemotherapy for patients with stage I-IVA cancers with nodal disease confined to the pelvis and PA regions. E...

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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network

Tumor size or local extensions to bladder or rectum are not indication for NACT as it would delay local treatment with no improvement in outcome

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