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Intervention Protocol

Adjuvant chemotherapy for early stage cervix cancer

  1. Daniela D Rosa1,*,
  2. Lídia RF Medeiros2,
  3. Mary C Bozzetti3,
  4. Maria I Edelweiss4,
  5. Paula R Pohlmann5,
  6. Airton T Stein6

Editorial Group: Cochrane Gynaecological Cancer Group

Published Online: 15 APR 2009

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005342

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Rosa DD, Medeiros LRF, Bozzetti MC, Edelweiss MI, Pohlmann PR, Stein AT. Adjuvant chemotherapy for early stage cervix cancer (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD005342. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005342.

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  1. 1

    Hospital Femina - Grupo Hospitalar Conceicao, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

  2. 2

    Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Social Medicine/Epidemiology, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

  3. 3

    Faculty of Medicine at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Social Medicine, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

  4. 4

    Faculty of Medicine at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Pathology, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

  5. 5

    Faculty of Medicine at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Medical Sciences, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

  6. 6

    Fundacao Faculdade Federal de Ciencias Medicas de Porto Algre, Department of Epidemiology, Porto Alegre, Brazil

*Daniela D Rosa, Hospital Femina - Grupo Hospitalar Conceicao, Dinarte Ribeiro 212/83, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90570-150, Brazil. dornellesrosa@hotmail.com.

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  2. Published Online: 15 APR 2009

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This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows:

The objectives of this review are to evaluate the impact of chemotherapy in the adjuvant treatment of early cervix cancer (stages IB1 - IIA). The main outcomes of interest are survival and recurrence rates.

The following issue will be addressed in this review:
Is adjuvant chemotherapy effective in reducing recurrence and improving survival in patients with IA2 - IIA early stage cervix cancer after radical hysterectomy or radiotherapy compared to radical hysterectomy alone, radiotherapy alone, or radical hysterectomy followed by radiotherapy alone.

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