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Section Type: METHODS

Text: From January 1989 to May 1997, 307 women with stage IIb and IIIb cervical carcinoma, treated with (252) Cf neutron brachytherapy, were randomly divided into two groups and treated with external-beam irradiation to the paraaortic lymph nodes as follows : 155 patients (59 with stage IIb, 96 with stage IIIb) were treated by external-beam irradiation administered as a 60-Gy dose applied under conditions of acute hypoxia ; 77 patients (30 with stage IIb and 47 with stage IIIb) received extended-field irradiation up to L4 and 78 patients (29 with stage IIb and 49 with stage IIIb) up to T12. 152 patients (58 with stage IIb, 94 with stage IIIb) were treated by external-beam irradiation administered as a 40-Gy dose applied under normal oxygenation conditions.