Results of a phase II trial with neoadjuvant chemotherapy in carcinoma of the cervix uteri

Gynecol Oncol. 1988 Oct;31(2):256-61. doi: 10.1016/s0090-8258(88)80002-7.

Abstract

Results of a Phase II trial with neoadjuvant chemotherapy in carcinoma of the cervix uteri (VBP modified scheme) show that 85.7% of patients given this therapy were NED in Stage IIb versus 54% of a nonrandomized control group given conventional therapy. In Stage IIIb the averages are 66.6% vs. 31% in the control group. Analysis of the ecographic data has shown that if a critical prechemotherapy volume (120 cm3) is exceeded, the prognosis is unfavorable, especially in cases treated with radiotherapy as second-line treatment.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Bleomycin / administration & dosage
  • Cisplatin / administration & dosage
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local*
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Prognosis
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / pathology
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / surgery
  • Vinblastine / administration & dosage

Substances

  • Bleomycin
  • Vinblastine
  • Cisplatin

Supplementary concepts

  • PVB protocol