Cancer of the cervix (stages 1B, 2A and 2B): treatment and results

Combined methods of treatment of carcinoma of the cervix Stage 1B and 2(A and B) are described using irradiation and surgery. In a personally conducted series of 101 patients, a 5-year survival rate of 86% for Stage 1 and 65.4% for Stage 2 was achieved. The urinary tract morbidity associated with combined methods of treatment and the modifications adopted to prevent it are described. It is concluded that the preferred method of treatment of carcinoma of the cervix Stages 1B, 2A and 2B is irradiation (intracavitary + external megavoltage irradiation) followed by modified radical hysterectomy.