[Observations on current surgical viewpoints in gynecological and breast oncology]

Radical surgery in gynaecological and mammary cancerology exists one century. Better results as longer survival and disease free intervals are the consequences of the progress of scientific and technical advancement. The five-year survival for the total group (stages I to IV) of malignant tumours in a personal series is 65% and the ten-year survival 53%. A general discussion about all the problems of this part of cancerology and the bibliography can be found in the recently published books.