title: Radical hysterectomy in the treatment of cervical cancer.
abstract: Two hundred and forty-one patients were treated with radical hysterectomy at our institution between 1949 and December, 1978. The corrected 5-year survival rate for all patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix was 73%. Seventeen percent of patients with occult invasive carcinoma had positive lymph nodes at the time of operation. The corrected 5-year survival rate for patients with Stage IB carcinoma who had positive nodes was 66%. Operations for recurrent or persistent disease after radiotherapy resulted in a 5-year survival rate of 54%. Current indications for radical hysterectomy and lymphadenectomy at our center are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001955:British Columbia; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000379:methods*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010388:Pelvis; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*