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  1. Five-Year Survival  Up to 30 percent 
  2.  
  3. Investigational 
  4. ‚Ä¢ Postoperative pelvic radiation.
  5. ‚Ä¢ Pelvic and whole-abdomen radiation. 
  6. ‚Ä¢ Intra-abdominal radiation (radioactive phosphate).
  7. ‚Ä¢ Pelvic radiation and intravenous combination chemotherapy with cisplatin or carboplatin + Adriamycin or
  8.   mitoxantrone + Cytoxan .
  9. ‚Ä¢ Intravenous combination chemotherapy alone.
  10. ‚Ä¢ Intra-abdominal chemotherapy (cisplatin or carboplatin).
  11. ‚Ä¢ Occasionally high-dose progestational hormones .
  12.  
  13. Stage IIIb 
  14. Vaginal metastases.
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  16. Standard Treatment  This stage is generally treated by abdominal hysterectomy , removal of the tubes and ovaries on both sides, thorough staging and, occasionally, surgical excision of the metastases.
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