Adjuvant chemo-radiotherapy in the “sandwich” method for high risk endometrial cancer—a review of literature

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Table 3 Summary of radiation details in “sandwich” regimens

Study	N	Pelvic radiotherapy (RT)	Method	Totle cycles of CT
Lupe [6]	43	45Gy	4CT+RT+2CT	6CT
Geller [7]	41	45Gy	3CT+RT+3CT	6CT
Einstein [8]	27	45Gy	3CT+RT+3CT	6CT
Fields [9]	30	45Gy	3CT+RT+3CT	6CT
Secord [10]	45		3CT+RT+CT	6 ~ 9CT
Geller [11]	23	45Gy	2/3/4CT+RT+CT	2 ~ 4CT
Abaid [12]	32	40–46Gy	3CT+RT+3CT	6CT
Lan [13]	35	44–64Gy	1/2/3/4/5CT+RT+CT	3 ~ 6CT
Dogan [5]	11	45–50.4Gy	3CT+RT+3CT	6CT

RT radiotherapy, CT chemotherapy; Radiation therapy dosage and irradiated fields were determined by disease site, lymph node status and the discretion of the treating radiation oncologist

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