Lymphography in carcinoma of the uterine cervix.
Lymphography was carried out in a series of 158 patients with carcinoma of the uterine cervix. The diagnostic accuracy rate of 85 per cent compares favourably with the results of a similar investigation made ten years ago. Positive lymphography does not alter the survival rate in clinical stages I and II, probably due to the more accurate and selective therapeutic approach induced by lymphography. In stage III the 2-year survival rate of patients with negative findings is 58 per cent compared to only 17 per cent in case of positive lymphographic findings.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008220:Lymphography; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D013557:Switzerland; D014567:Urography; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality