Treatment of cervical carcinoma by total hysterectomy and postoperative external irradiation |
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Authors: | Constantine Papavasiliou Demetrios Yiogarakis John Pappas Antonios Keramopoulos |
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Affiliation: | Department of Clinical Therapeutics, University of Athens Medical School, Alexandra Hospital, 611 Athens, Greece |
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Abstract: | The survival rates of 36 patients with early cervical carcinoma who had undergone total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingoophorectomy (THBSO) were compared to the survival rates of 41 patients who were subjected to the radical operation. As an integral part of their therapy both groups postoperatively received adequate doses of external beam supervoltage irradiation. Satisfactory results were obtained in both groups of patients. According to these results THBSO followed by postoperative radiotherapy is adequate treatment for early cervical carcinoma. In comparison to the radical operation or curietherapy alone this type of treatment has the advantage of requiring less surgical or radiotherapeutic expertise; it probably is associated with less morbidity. |
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Keywords: | Carcinoma of cervix Total hysterectomy Radical hysterectomy Postoperative irradiation |
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