Women who have metastatic disease in the pelvic lymph nodes are often given five weeks of external beam radiation therapy to the pelvis after surgery.
Five-Year Survival Approaching 75 to 80 percent
Stage IIb
There is obvious parametrial involvement, but no extension to the pelvic sidewall.
Standard Treatment External beam radiation therapy may be given in divided doses over five weeks, followed by one or two insertions of intracavitary cesium.
Five-Year Survival 65 to 70 percent
Investigational
• Radiation therapy given at the same time as chemotherapy (cisplatin + 5-fluorouracil + mitomycin-C or
bleomycin + mitomycin-C).
• Interstitial radiation therapy—with radioactive iridium temporarily implanted directly into the tumor—is
