[Results of radiation therapy in cervix carcinoma with reference to side effects]

The analysis of 770 patients after irradiation of cervix-carcinoma from 1968 to 1976 with Cobalt 60, radium or operation or only irradiation therapy shows five-year survival rates of 78% for stage I, 61% for stage II, and 23% for stage III. Bowel reaction was seen in 27%, 4% developed stenoses, 1.3% a recto-vaginal fistula. A complication of the bladder was seen in 18%, 2.7% had an ureteral stricture and 0.8% a bladder-fistula.