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EXTERNAL MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF CARCINOMA OF THE CERVIX
Author(s) -
Woods William
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1970.tb87301.x
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , cervix , hysterectomy , carcinoma , external beam radiotherapy , external beam radiation , cervical cancer , radiology , surgery , cervical carcinoma , primary treatment , brachytherapy , cancer
The preliminary findings are presented In a series of 71 cases of carcinoma of the cervix, in which external beam treatment was the predominant radlotherapeutic technique employed. Twenty‐three patients underwent operation after radiotherapy without any mortality due to the operation. So far, four patients have died with evidence of recurrent cancer, amongst those treated sugicaily. In about half the patients treated, sterilization of the primary tumour was achieved by radiotherapy. A number of locally advanced cancers were observed to shrink in a centripetal fashion, and the surgeon was able to perform a hysterectomy without recurrence.