[Clinico-pathological analysis of stage IIIa carcinoma of the cervix uteri].

: We have reviewed cervical carcinoma IIIa cases treated at the University of Hirosaki Hospital from 1970 to 1984 and at the Metropolitan Komagome Hospital from 1975 to 1984. In this period, 32 cases were staged at IIIa, and this group accounts for less than 2% of all cervical cancer cases at these two institutions. The age of the 32 patients ranged from 33 to 86 years with a mean age of 66. In treatment methods, 3 cases were operated on and other cases were irradiated by a combination of intracavitary therapy and external beam therapy. The actuarial 5-year survival rate was 78.3%, and the relative 5-year survival rate was 86%. Our results suggest that FIGO stage IIIa carcinoma of the cervix has a much better prognosis than FIGO stage IIIb cervical cancer.