[Radiotherapy of uterine cancer. A retrospective study]

96 women with primary carcinoma corporis uteri and 79 women after surgery were treated between 1965-1970 with different radiotherapeutic methods, in some cases in combination with cytostatics and gestagens. In the group of primary radiation best results are obtained with combination of intracavitary brachytherapy and external radiation (55% 5-year-survival), and in the postoperative group with external radiation alone (67% 5-year-survival). Late complications with 17% fibrosis in the parametrial tissue and 12% persistent diarrhoea in the postoperative group needs more individualization in therapy. This requires exact knowledge about extention and biological behaviour of the tumor.