[Work disability and invalidism of women following surgically treated genital cancer]

An expert assessment of the fitness for work and vigour of women after gynaecological cancer operations has to be made by an experienced medical specialist who is well acquainted with the problem. The role of individual decisions on the basis of secure scientific knowledge gets more and more dominating with emphasis placed on the assessment of functional achievements. -Important assessment criteria are the following: stage of tumour, histology, degree of differentiation, type of therapy and possible consequences of therapy as well as psycho-social factors and elements of working medicine. In any case the consideration of individual consequences of illness and medical treatment remains the decisive criterion at the time of evaluation. -This paper should serve as guidance for the assessment of disablement/disability of women after gynaecological cancer operations in the framework of a graduated therapy concept.