Preoperative arterial interventional chemotherapy on cervical cancer

ObjectiveTo discuss the therapeutic effect of preoperative interventional chemotherapy on cervical cancer.MethodsPreoperative interventional chemotherapy by femoral intubation was performed in 25 patients with bulky cervical cancer. The patients received bleomycin 45 mg and cisplatin or oxaliplatin 80 mg/m2.Results25 cases (including 8 cases with stage I and 17 cases with stage II) received one or two courses of preoperative interventional chemotherapy. The size of the focal lesions was decreased greatly and radical hysterectomy and lymphadenectomy were performed successfully in all the patients. All of the specimens were sent for pathological examination. Lymphocyte infiltration was found more obvious in the cancer tissues as compared with their counterpart before treatment. As a result, relevant vaginal bleeding was stopped completely shortly after the treatment.ConclusionArterial interventional chemotherapy was proved to reduce the local size of cervical cancer and thus control the hemorrhage efficiently. The patients with cervical cancer can receive radical hysterectomy therapy after the interventional chemotherapy.

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