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CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, Vol 3, 208-211, Copyright © 1953 by American Cancer Society

Radiation versus Surgery in the Treatment of Cancer of the Cervix

In conclusion, it seems best to return to the one certain point that may be made today in this controversial field. Although there is no means of arriving at a general conclusion, still it is evident that excellent surgery will give better results than mediocre radiation and that superlative radiation will yield far more cures than surgery by the beginner. The responsibility of the physician who may be advising his patient where to go for the treatment of her cancer of the cervix is primarily to assure himself of the quality of the treatment to be given rather than to try to make an individual decision between the two competing types of therapy.