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Original Article

Operative Treatment of Recurrent Cancer of the Uterine Cervix after Radiotherapy

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Pages 389-393 | Received 06 Jan 1986, Accepted 09 Jan 1987, Published online: 03 Aug 2009
 

Abstract

During the period 1976–83, 47 women were operated on for recurrent or persistent cancer of the uterine cervix following initial radiation therapy. The operations performed were Wertheim's operation combined with dissection of the pelvic nodes, or some type of pelvic exenteration. With a 5-year survival of 31% in our material, surgical treatment of centrally located recurrences is a realistic possibility. We recommend an exenterative procedure as the operation is technically easier and the complications require less radical surgical treatment. The operation should only be done on narrow indications in the hope of achieving a cure, and the selection of patients must thus be stringent.

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