title: Primary carcinoma of the vagina. An analysis of 82 cases of squamous cell carcinoma.
abstract: Between 1949 and 1978, 82 patients with primary squamous cell carcinoma of the vagina were treated at the Universitäts-Frauenklinik Münster. The treatment consisted of a combination of intravaginal radium application and external beam radiation. The -5-year survival rate in patients with state I (FIGO) was 68.4%. None of the stage IV patients survived for more than 3 years.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000532:radiotherapy