Combined curietherapy and surgery in management of stage II.B cervical carcinoma

The results are presented of ten patients with stage II.B cervical carcinoma, treated with pre-operative after-loading intra-cavitary Iridium 192 followed by radical surgery. The benefits of this combined technique are the reduction of tumor volume, whether in the cervix or in the parametrium. The surgical approach became easier and very few complications were noted. The survival rate after two years follow-up is 100% and no local or distant recurrences have been noted. The following treatment in patients with negative and positive lymph-nodes are discussed.