[The significance of postoperative radiotherapy in cervix and uterine cancer].
The benefit of adjuvant radiotherapy of operated cervical and endometrial cancer is not clear. In a prospective trial of 571 endometrial cancers stage I, cases with poor prognosticators are treated additionally with external pelvic irradiation (Co 60, 56 Gy) and show nearly the same outcome as cases with good prognosticators and without such an adjuvant therapy. A benefit of adjuvant irradiation of cervical carcinoma stage I/b could only be shown in cases with similar histopathologic characteristics (tumor volume, grading, vessel invasion, lymphnode involvement). In a retrospective study 171 cases of cervical carcinoma were analyzed. With adjuvant external irradiation the relapse free interval was longer and 5-year survival better than without such an adjuvant therapy.
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D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015993:Life Tables; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011867:Radioisotope Teletherapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery
D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes
Die Bedeutung der postoperativen Strahlentherapie beim Zervix- und Korpuskarzinom.