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This retrospective analysis has been undertaken to ascertain whether an improvement in results can be obtained in Stage II-B cervical carcinoma with the use of interstitial parametrial irradiation. Between September 1972 and March 1982, 43 patients were treated by conventional intracavitary irradiation. Nine patients at high risk for local recurrence underwent post-radiation hysterectomy. Since 1980, 45 patients were entered into a study using parametrial interstitial implants and no hysterectomy. Patients were not allocated randomly and the interstitial group contained a disproportionate number of patients with poor prognostic features. Mean follow-up for the conventional radiotherapy group was 80 months, and for the interstitial group was 42 months. Overall pelvic control and actuarial survival in the conventional radiotherapy group (84 and 75%, respectively) were similar (log rank p-value = .61) to that observed in the interstitial implant group (80 and 77%). Analysis of pelvic control rates showed no significant advantage for either treatment group when compared by the various prognostic factors. The frequency of complications, however, was significantly higher in the interstitially irradiated patients (21% vs. 7%, p = .044).
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