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Forty years' evolution in the management of patients with endometrial carcinoma
Author(s) -
Wildermuth Orliss
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197702)39:2<671::aid-cncr2820390245>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - medicine , hysterectomy , endometrial cancer , radiation therapy , carcinoma , stage (stratigraphy) , surgery , gynecology , cancer , paleontology , biology
Of 218 patients with early endometrial cancer treated with planned pre‐hysterectomy intracavitary irradiation, 105 were operated 6 weeks after the completion of radiation therapy in the traditional fashion. A group of 113 patients, similar as to stage and differentiation of their disease, were operated on within 48 hours of the removal of the radiation sources. More than 90% of both groups were cured, indicating the lack of benefit from the traditional delayed hysterectomy sequence.