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Critical Analysis of Electromagnetic Hyperthermia Randomized Trials: Dubious Effect and Multiple Biases
Table 7
Comparison of clinical results of TRT trials with best results of only RT trials for cervical cancer.
| Trial |
van der Zee et al., 2000, 2002, and 2008 [21, 25, 26] | Harima et al., 2001 [24] |
Vasanthan et al., 2005 [15] | Perez et al., 1998, 1995 [14, 31] |
Ito et al., 1994 [30] |
Barillot et al., 1997 [32] | Fletcher, 1968 [33] | Stage | TRT | RT | TRT | RT |
TRT |
RT | RT | RT |
RT | RT | Parameter |
IIIB (IIB–IVA) |
IIIB |
IIIB (IIB–IVA) | III | III | IIIA | IIIB | IIIA | IIIB |
| CLR | 83% | 57% | 80% | 50% | 80% | | 80% | | | | | 3 y LDFS | 61% | 41% | 80% | 49% | 68.5% | | | | | | | 3 y OS | 51% | 27% | 58% | 48% | 73.2% | | | | | | | 5 y LDFS | 61% | 37% | | | | | | 65% | 59% | | | 5 y OS | 41% | 23% | | | | | 47% | 69% | 48% | 45% | 36% | 10 y LDFS | 61% | 37% | | | | 68% | | | | | | 10 y OS | 37% | 20% | | | | 45% | | | | 36% | 30% |
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CLR: complete local response, LDFS: local disease-free survival, and OS: overall survival.
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