Management of recurrent carcinoma of the cervix

Abstract

Early diagnosis and management of recurrent cervical carcinoma are the most difficult problems encountered by physicians. In this study there were 145 patients with recurrent disease who were re-treated by additional radiation and 17 patients were treated by radical operation. In the patients treated by reirradiation, there were 4 patients who survived 5 years (3.1 per cent). Satisfactory palliation was achieved in 54 per cent of the patients without an excessive number of serious complications. The unanswered question is: How can operable recurrence be detected earlier in our Stage I and Stage II cases?