Successful treatment of stage IV cervical cancer

Combined chemoradiotherapy helped the patient to fully cope with the disease.

A 48-year-old patient was diagnosed with stage VI cervical cancer. The patient contacted the EMC, where, after a discussion at the consultation, she was recommended chemoradiotherapy using the RapidArc/IGRT method. After successful completion of the course of treatment, a control PET/CT scan revealed the complete disappearance of the tumor.

PET/CT scan (from 06/19/15) examination before treatment:

Conclusion: PET/CT scan shows signs of pathological iliac (right) and paracaval lymphadenopathy with increased RFP metabolism. Liver cysts. There is a positive CT dynamics in comparison with the study from 04/24/15 due to a decrease in pathological formations in size, the absence of fluid in the pelvic cavity. Cystic formations in the pelvic cavity are not detected. In the projection of the formation of the upper inner quadrant of the right breast, the pathological metabolic activity of the RFP is not determined. Liver cysts.

PET/CT scan (12.10.2015) study after treatment:

When compared with the results of the previous PET/CT study from 06/19/2015, there was a positive trend, in the form of a significant decrease in size and a significant decrease in metabolic activity in the paracaval and right iliac lymph nodes. PET/CT scan did not reveal any signs of pathological metabolic activity characteristic of the neoplastic process. Consulted by Professor E. S. Libson.

After chemoradiotherapy, the patient underwent removal of retroperitoneal lymph nodes, the examination of which confirmed the complete absence of cancer cells.

Conclusion of the histological examination: no malignant tumor growth was detected in the examined material.