Integrated Dose Escalation for Advanced, Localized Gynecologic Cancer (The IDEAL - GYN Trial)

Many studies have utilized a sequential boost to deliver a total dose of 55 - 60 Gy to the pelvic sidewall (covering the lower pelvic lymph nodes), including 8-10 Gy that is usually delivered with brachytherapy (1-3). This study treatment plan will escalate the dose to pelvic and para-aortic nodal disease from 60 Gy in 2.4 Gy per fraction to 70Gy in 2.8 Gy per fraction in 3 dose cohorts, using an integrated boost technique utilizing the same number of fractions for all cohorts (25 fractions) while the elective volumes are held constant at 45Gy