Results of treatment of XXXX in Wellington: 1975-9.

@entity1 @entity5 @entity189
A review was undertaken of all @entity1 treated for invasive @entity189 in the Wellington region in the period 1975 to 1979. A total of 84 @entity1 were assessed for the results and complications of treatment. Forty-one were stage I, 18 stage II, 18 stage III, and seven stage IV (FIGO staging). Treatment by different combinations of surgery and radiotherapy for each stage are described. Actuarial survival at five years is 54% for all stages. For stage I it is 86%, stage II 54%, and stage III 44%. There were only seven @entity1 in stage IV. Seven @entity1 (8.3%) suffered major complications, mainly gastrointestinal or genitourinary. Most complications occurred in @entity1 treated with a combination of radical surgery followed by high dose external radiotherapy. This treatment should be reserved for selected @entity1 who can be identified as having a very high risk of recurrence in the pelvis after surgery. Invasive @entity5 is a highly treatable disease, with over half the @entity1 surviving free of disease at five years, but screening programmes for early detection are essential.
