CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, Vol 11, 134-136, Copyright
© 1961 by American Cancer Society
Cancer of the Uterus
Joe V. Meigs M.D.1
1 Clinical Professor of Gynecology, Harvard Medical School.
1. Cancer of the cervix could be cured in nearly 100 percent of cases if all women would report once a year for observation, smear and biopsy.
2. Cancer of the body is more difficult to diagnose but curability is high if myometrial invasion has not occurred.
3. Cancer of the cervix and body is most serious and it is important that an accurate diagnosis be made.