Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with carboplatin, ifosfamide, and peplomycin in advanced cervical squamous cell carcinoma

Background. To control advanced cervical squamous cell carcinoma more effectively and more easily, we used neoadjuvant chemotherapy, with three drugs carboplatin, ifosfamide, and peplomycin (PIP), in a study performed from July 1990 to October 1994 in nine Institutions.