title: Survival data of Israeli Jewish patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix treated by irradiation.
abstract: During a 9-year period 61 Israeli Jewish Patients with histologically confirmed invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix (SUC) were treated by irradiation alone. A large proportion of the patients (44.2%) were more than 60 years old and only 27.9% were diagnosed as having stage IB disease. This is attributed to low awareness and infrequent cytologic screening. There is a trend for a large proportion of stage IB patients among those younger than 59 compared to those older than 60 years. The overall 5-year survival rate was 52.2% and the survival of patients with stage IB (72.6%) was significantly higher than in more advanced stages. In addition to clinical stage, age at diagnosis and method of irradiation also influenced survival rates.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001918:Brachytherapy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D007585:Jews; D008875:Middle Aged; D011867:Radioisotope Teletherapy; D012306:Risk; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy*
chemical_list: D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes; D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes