[Results of radiation therapy in cervix carcinoma with reference to side effects].
The analysis of 770 patients after irradiation of cervix-carcinoma from 1968 to 1976 with Cobalt 60, radium or operation or only irradiation therapy shows five-year survival rates of 78% for stage I, 61% for stage II, and 23% for stage III. Bowel reaction was seen in 27%, 4% developed stenoses, 1.3% a recto-vaginal fistula. A complication of the bladder was seen in 18%, 2.7% had an ureteral stricture and 0.8% a bladder-fistula.
D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D007422:Intestines / Q000528:radiation effects; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D011883:Radium / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012006:Rectovaginal Fistula / Q000209:etiology; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000528:radiation effects; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery
D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes; D011883:Radium
Ergebnisse der Strahlentherapie beim Kollumkarzinom unter Berücksichtigung der Nebenwirkungen.