Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

3 questions · 3 findings · 1 reviews

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 1 · 33.3%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 2 · 66.7%High 0 · 0%

Overall survival

Extended‐field radiotherapy probably leads to lower overall survival compared with pelvic radiotherapy (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Extended‐field radiotherapy for locally advanced cervical cancer 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
HR 0.67 [0.48, 0.94]
1 study · 337 participants
Moderate

Overall survival

Extended‐field radiotherapy probably leads to lower overall survival compared with pelvic chemoradiotherapy (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Extended‐field radiotherapy for locally advanced cervical cancer 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
HR 0.5 [0.39, 0.64]
1 study · 389 participants
Moderate

Overall survival

It is very uncertain whether extended‐field chemoradiotherapy changes overall survival compared with pelvic chemoradiotherapy (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Extended‐field radiotherapy for locally advanced cervical cancer 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
HR 0.37 [0.14, 0.96]
1 study · 74 participants
Very low