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The Use of Radiation Response (RR) in Selecting the Method of Treatment of Carcinoma Cervicis Uteri
Author(s) -
Chesterman John N.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1963.tb00208.x
Subject(s) - medicine , relative survival , menopause , carcinoma , radiation therapy , gynecology , oncology , obstetrics , surgery , cancer , cancer registry
Summary: The Grahams' method of determining prognosis by vaginal cytology has been employed in a small series of cases, not yet large enough to be statistically significant. However, the trends of our results all point in the one direction, towards confirmation of the findings of the Grahams and of Kjellgren and others.(i) After radiation, women with good RR have a greater survival rate than those with poor RR. (ii) Good RR is more often found in older women, after the menopause. (iii) Women with poor RR have a higher survival rate when treated by surgery instead of radiation.At the Women's Hospital, Crown Street, we have found that good SR is closely correlated to good RR, but that poor SR is not a significant indication of subsequent RR. For this reason, we consider that SR alone is not useful as a guide to the method of treatment.