Neoadjuvant chemoradiation and surgical excision versus definitive radiotherapy for locally advanced cervix uteri carcinoma: in terms of early and late complications and locoregional recurrence

There was no difference in disease-free survival or the incidence of locoregional and metastatic recurrence between patients with cervical cancer who had surgery and those who received brachytherapy following EBRT and concomitant chemotherapy. In almost 50% of cases, the surgical patients showed full pathological recovery.