Results from chemoradiotherapy for squamous cell cervical cancer with or without intracavitary brachytherapy.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to compare the outcomes of intracavitary high-dose-rate brachytherapy (BT-IC) boost and external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) boost in patients treated with concomitant chemoradiotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix.

Material And Methods: It is a retrospective review of 92 patients with stage IB1-IVA cervical cancer treated with concomitant chemoradiotherapy between 2008 and 2013. All patients received pelvic 3D conformal EBRT (range, 45-50.