Survival data of Israeli Jewish patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix treated by irradiation.

During a 9-year period 61 Israeli Jewish Patients with histologically confirmed invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix (SUC) were treated by irradiation alone. A large proportion of the patients (44.2%) were more than 60 years old and only 27.9% were diagnosed as having stage IB disease. This is attributed to low awareness and infrequent cytologic screening. There is a trend for a large proportion of stage IB patients among those younger than 59 compared to those older than 60 years. The overall 5-year survival rate was 52.2% and the survival of patients with stage IB (72.6%) was significantly higher than in more advanced stages. In addition to clinical stage, age at diagnosis and method of irradiation also influenced survival rates.