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A 42-year-old woman had stage IV undifferentiated small cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix with metastasis to the brain, liver, adrenal gland, pelvic lymph nodes, superficial lymph nodes, and skin. She was treated with whole brain irradiation and systemic chemotherapy consisting of cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin (Adriamycin; Pharmacia, Dublin, OH, USA) and vincristine. After completion of radiation therapy and 1 course of chemotherapy, there was no radiographic evidence of metastatic lesions, nor macroscopic or histologic evidence of the primary cervical lesion.
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Shimamoto, T., Uchida, S., Hirakawa, T. et al. Undifferentiated small cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix effectively treated with chemotherapy (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine) and whole brain irradiation. Int J Clin Oncol 2, 125–128 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02488885
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