Abstract
Abstract
Background:
Most patients with advanced-stage cervical cancer have been treated with palliative intent. The aim of this article is to report chemoradiotherapy treatment in a patient who had a very good result.
Case:
A 56-year-old woman underwent laparoscopic staging for cervical cancer that had resulted in multiple nodules at the liver. Histopathology revealed that this was metastatic squamous-cell carcinoma from the primary cervical cancer. High doses of chemoradiotherapy was completed in 6 cycles.
Results:
Despite the side effects of her chemotherapy and the high-dose pelvic radiotherapy, this patient was able to tolerate the treatment cycles. She had remained in complete remission for sixteen years. After that, she subsequently developed an infection caused by a spontaneous rupture of her bladder, which was associated with radiation cystitis. She then developed sepsis and died.
Conclusions:
This report shows that laparoscopic surgical staging was associated with significant upstaging. The use of high-dose of chemoradiotherapy could prolong a patient's disease-free survival.
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