International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 66, Issue 5 , Pages 1366-1369 , 1 December 2006

Multi-institutional study of radiation therapy for isolated para-aortic lymph node recurrence in uterine cervical carcinoma: 84 subjects of a population of more than 5,000

Presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), October 16–20, 2005, Denver, CO.

  • Yuzuru Niibe, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Yuzuru Niibe, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1, Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 228-8555, Japan. Tel: (+81) 42-778-8111; Fax: (+81) 42-778-9436.
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  • Masahiro Kenjo, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
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  • Tomoko Kazumoto, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama, Japan
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  • Koichi Michimoto, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Makoto Takayama, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Chikako Yamauchi, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Masaaki Kataoka, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, National Shikoku Cancer Center, Ehime, Japan
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  • Kazunori Suzuki, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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  • Noriko Ii, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Mie University School of Medicine, Mie, Japan
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  • Takashi Uno, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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  • Tsuyoshi Takanaka, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Kanazawa, Japan
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  • Keiko Higuchi, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Gunma Cancer Center, Gunma, Japan
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  • Hideya Yamazaki, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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  • Sunao Tokumaru, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Saga University School of Medicine, Saga, Japan
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  • Masahiko Oguchi, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Kazushige Hayakawa, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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  • Japanease Isolated Para-aortic Lymph Node Recurrence of Uterine Cervical Carcinoma Study Group

Received 15 May 2006 ,Revised 12 July 2006 ,Accepted 19 July 2006.

References 

  1. Niibe Y, Kazumoto T, Toita T, et al. Frequency and characteristics of isolated para-aortic lymph node recurrence in patients with uterine cervical carcinoma in Japan: A multi-institutional study. Gynecol Oncol. 2006;103:435–438
  2. Singh AK, Grigsby PW, Rader JS, et al. Cervix carcinoma, concurrent chemoradiotherapy, and salvage of isolated paraaortic lymph node recurrence. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2005;61:450–455
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  5. Hong JH, Tsai CS, Lai CH, et al. Recurrence squamous cell carcinoma of cervix after definitive radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2004;60:249–257
  6. Niibe Y, Nakano T, Ohno T, et al. Prognostic significance of c-erbB-2/HER2 expression in advanced uterine cervical carcinoma with para-aortic lymph node metastasis treated with radiation therapy. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2003;23:849–855
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 Supported in part by grants from Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan, and from Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan, and from Kitasato University Research Grant for Young Researchers, Japan.

PII: S0360-3016(06)02789-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.07.1384

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 66, Issue 5 , Pages 1366-1369 , 1 December 2006

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