Novel Approaches for Concurrent Irradiation in Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer: Platinum Combinations, Non-Platinum-Containing Regimens, and Molecular Targeted Agents

Despite the available prevention and early detection strategies, squamous-cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix is still diagnosed as locally advanced disease in a considerable proportion of patients. As a potent sensitizer of cancer cells, cisplatin has been the “traditional partner” of external bea...

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Main Authors: Giannis Mountzios, Aspasia Soultati, Dimitrios Pectasides, Meletios A. Dimopoulos, Christos A. Papadimitriou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Obstetrics and Gynecology International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/536765