Carcinoma of the cervix concomitant with pregnancy

One hundred twenty-four coexisting and associated cases of carcinoma of the cervix and pregnancy were studied and five-year end results presented. The results show almost identical cure rate with carcinoma of the cervix unassociated with pregnancy for the same time interval within the comparable age groups. Our figures and others tend to show definitely better results when conservative treatment is used than when radical surgery is performed prior to irradiation. The distribution of clinical stages of carcinoma of the cervix associated with pregnancy is almost identical with the nonpregnant cases. This shows that prenatal and postpartal examinations have been neglected and as a result the disease has not been discovered in its early stages. It is recommended that all patients showing any abnormal symptoms during pregnancy should have a thorough vaginal examination, regardless of the stage of pregnancy. All postpartal cases should have repeated examinations after the structures have returned to normal. We believe that such examinations would result in such patients receiving treatment during the early stages of the disease and the cure rate would be definitely improved.