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From: Patterns of failure after use of 18F-FDG PET/CT in integration of extended-field chemo-IMRT and 3D-brachytherapy plannings for advanced cervical cancers with extensive lymph node metastases

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Improved survival of cervical cancer with time in the era of 18F-FDG PET/CT and chemo-IMRT/IGRT/3D-brachytherapy: a 20-year analysis including consecutive 564 patients during 1990–2010 in one institution. a The overall survival rates for cervical cancer patients (FIGO IA2-IVA, and IVB without visceral metastasis) diagnosed at our institution from 1990 to 2010 are calculated by the Kaplan-Meier method and stratified by treatment year. (b) Comparison of the distribution of treatment modalities in each corresponding International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage, 1990–2001 vs. 2002–2010. RT, radiotherapy; CT, chemotherapy. (c) Kaplan-Meier survival estimates for patients with curative treatment are stratified by International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage and treatment year. (d) Kaplan-Meier survival estimates for advanced cervical cancer patients treated with definitive concurrent chemoradiation (CCRT) stratified by treatment year (conventional pelvic CCRT plus 2D brachytherapy in 1990–2001 vs. 18F-FDG PET-guided extended-field dose-escalating chemo-IMRT-brachytherapy in 2002–2010)

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