Journal article
Adjuvant external beam radiotherapy in the treatment of endometrial cancer (MRC ASTEC and NCIC CTG EN.5 randomised trials): pooled trial results, systematic review, and meta-analysis
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Early endometrial cancer with low-risk pathological features can be successfully treated by surgery alone. External beam radiotherapy added to surgery has been investigated in several small trials, which have mainly included women at intermediate risk of recurrence. In these trials, postoperative radiotherapy has been shown to reduce the risk of isolated local recurrence but there is no evidence that it improves recurrence-free or …
Authors
Blake P; Swart AM; Orton J; Kitchener H; Whelan T; Lukka H; Eisenhauer E; Bacon M; Tu D; Parmar MKB
Journal
The Lancet, Vol. 373, No. 9658, pp. 137–146
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
1 2009
DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(08)61767-5
ISSN
0140-6736