Reducing uncertainties about the effects of chemoradiotherapy for cervical cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data from 18 randomized trials

• Main Authors: Claire Vale, Jayne F. Tierney, Lesley A. Stewart, Mark Brady, Ketayun Dinshaw, Anders Jakobsen, Mahesh K.B. Parmar, Gillian Thomas, Ted Trimble, David S. Alberts, Hongwei Chen, Slobodan Cikaric, Patricia J. Eifel, Melahat Garipagaoglu, Henry Keys, Nermina Kantardzic, Punita Lal, Rachelle Lanciano, Felix Leborgne, Vicharn Lorvidhaya, Hiroshi Onishi, Robert G. Pearcey, Elizabeth Pras, Kenneth Roberts, Peter G. Rose, Charles W. Whitney
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=57449108492&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/60134
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Background: After a 1999 National Cancer Institute (NCI) clinical alert was issued, chemoradiotherapy has become widely used in treating women with cervical cancer. Two subsequent systematic reviews found that interpretation of the benefits was complicated, and some important clinical questions were...