title: Results of primary radiation treatment of endometrial carcinoma. 20 years' experience of an unselected material from the north of Sweden.
abstract: An unselected material of endometrial carcinoma from the northern part of Sweden, treated during the years 1963-1982 is presented. The material comprises 1,114 patients treated almost uniformly. With few exceptions the patients received primary irradiation, usually with radium packing according to a modified Heyman method. Operable patients underwent total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy six weeks after the radiation treatment. Patients with contraindications to surgery had a curettage three months after radiation treatment and if cancer was still present surgery was considered. The 5-year survival rate in stage 1 treated with irradiation and surgery was 91%, and after correction for intercurrent death 93%. The 5-year survival rate in stage I as a whole was 82% and corrected for intercurrent death 90%. The survival rate in the whole material was 76% and after correction for intercurrent death 84%.
authors: Department of Gynaecologic Oncology, University of Umeå, Sweden.
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Bäckström
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Cajander
authors: O
authors: O
authors: Kjellgren
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Persson
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D015996:Survival Rate; D013548:Sweden; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy*