title: Carcinoma of the cervix stage T1b. A 15 years review of 256 cases.
abstract: 256 patients of the years 1965-1979 who suffered from collum carcinoma stage T1b were reviewed. Most of the neoplasmas were squamous cell carcinoma (81%). By tumor screening only 21% of the carcinomas were detected. The treatment was in most of the cases a radical hysterectomy (Wertheim-Meigs). Postoperative radiotherapy was performed in cases of poor differentiated carcinoma of if lymphatic nodes had been occupied by the tumor. Thus only 43 patients had no radiotherapy. A 5 year-follow-up was possible in 151 cases. Women older than 40 year showed a better prognosis than younger women. Patients treated only by radiotherapy had a five year survival rate of 88%. No difference in prognosis was observed, if radiotherapy was additionally performed. There was no significant difference of severe complications in either forms of treatment.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011379:Prognosis; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*