[Treatment of recurrent cervical cancer]

The questionnaire about recurrent cervical cancer of uterus were taken in 57 hospitals and treatments to 370 recurrent cases in National Institute of Radiological Science were studied. Our results were as follows. 1) About 50% of recurrent cases were detected within one year after primary treatments. Local recurrents were superior in cases of surgery as initial treatment, distant metastasis in cases of radiation. 2) Five Y.S.R. of 370 cases was 17.3% that of 105 operation cases as initial treatment was 26.7%. 3) Five Y.S.R. according to the sites of recurrence were 26.5% in vaginal stump, 6.7% in intrapelvis, 2.2% in lung metastasis, 5.5% in bone metastasis. 4) Five Y.S.R. according to the secondary treatments were 30% in operation, 16.4% in radiation, 6.9% in chemotherapy. 5) The principals of combined therapy to recurrent cervical cancer were presented.