[Stage I and II cancer of the cervix. Report on the results of treatment in 1,015 patients (author's transl)].

The results of treatment in 1,015 stage I and II patients with cancer of the cervix are presented. The 5 year survival and recurrence rates were calculated in relation to the treatment applied. Two groups of stage Ib and IIa patients were available, one of them having been treated with radiotherapy, and the other one with radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy after previous intra cavitary radiumtherapy. The difference in the survival rates between the two stage Ib groups is not statistically signficant. We did not try to make a statistical comparison between the two stage IIa groups because the combined therapy group includes only patients with very early lesions. Most stage IIb patients were treated with radiotherapy. The postoperative mortality was 2.2%. There were no deaths related to treatment in the group of patients treated with radiotherapy alone. Ninety percent of the recurrences appeared within 3 years after completion of treatment.