External Beam Therapy in a Four-Field Box Technique with Paclitaxel versus a Two-Field Technique with Cisplatin in Locally Advanced Carcinoma Cervix: A Phase II Monocentric Trial

Table 7

Response to treatment.

Number of patients with complete response/recurrence	Arm I	Arm II
CR after 3 followups	12 (75%)	18 (94.7%)
Recurrence	4 (25%)	1 (5.3%)
Complications
Proctitis	1	0
Vulval edema	1	0
Pulmonary metastasis	1	0

Pulmonary metastasis, vulval edema, and proctitis were noted in one patient each in arm I. For comparison of differences in terms of response determined as per WHO, first two rows were used, and calculation yielded a P value 0.096 (Fishers exact test 0.156), which is statistically not significant.