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. 2019 Apr 2;13:919. doi: 10.3332/ecancer.2019.919

Table 3. Characteristics of concurrent radiochemotherapy in cervical cancer patients (n = 43).

Details Measurements
Radiation treatment (n/%)
External RT and BT 26/60.5
External RT + BT + lumbar aortic field (group 2) 17/39.5
Radiotherapy dose (cGy) (n/%)
External
46 1/2.3
48.6 2/4.7
50 20/46.5
50.4 17/39.5
55.8 3/7.0
External radiotherapy dose fraction (cGy) (n/%)
1.8 22/51.2
2 21/48.8
Radiotherapy energy (n/%)
External
F6Mv 23/53.5
F10Mv 10/23.3
F15Mv 10/23.3
Lumbar aortic field
F6Mv 8/47.1
F10Mv 5/29.4
F15Mv 4/23.5
Brachytherapy source (n/%)
Ir192 33/76.7
Co60 10/23.3
Total treatment time (days)
External RT, median (IQR) 40 (7)
External RT + BT, median (IQR) 58 (20)
External RT + BT + lumbar aortic field, median (IQR) 84 (19)
Patient with total treatment time (<63 days) (n/%) 29/67.4
Patients receiving ≥ four cycles of chemotherapy (n/%) 39/90.6

RT: radiotherapy, BT: brachytherapy,

Interquartile range