[Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with intra-arterial infusion in the treatment of advanced cervical cancer]

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) with intra-arterial infusion was performed in the treatment for 53 patients with advanced cervical squamous cell carcinoma. After NAC with intra-arterial infusion of the anticancer agents including cisplatin via internal iliac artery or uterine artery, 42 patients received radical hysterectomy. The response to therapy was observed in 45 of all patients (84.9%) clinically, and 36 of 42 patients (85.7%) pathologically. Cancer cells disappeared in 11.9% of patients with cervical invasion, 69.2% with vaginal wall invasion and 39.4% with parametrium invasion after NAG. Five-year survival rates were 100% in stage I, 71.5% in stage II, 52.2% in stage II and 0% in stage IV. The group of patients without cancer in the parametrium after NAC showed a significantly better 5-year survival rate than the group with residual cancer in the parametrium. According to the results, the elimination of cancer invasion to the parametrium by NAC is thought to be important for improvement of the prognosis in advanced cervical cancer.