ANALYSIS OF COMPLICATIONS OF CERVIX CARCINOMA TREATED BY RADIOTHERAPYUSING THE FRANCO ITALIAN GLOSSARY

We analysed the complications of 215 patients with uterine cervix canc er, treated by radiotherapy (RT) alone. It was done according to the r ules of the Franco-Italian glossary, presented at the 7th ESTRO meetin g, held in The Hague on September 1988. They were ranked by organ site s and by degrees of gravity. The analysis was done on the total number of complications and they were scored at the highest reached grade of gravity. Seventy one complications were found in 55 patients; they we re studied by patient, degree of severity, time of onset, organ system and grade, time of onset and grade, time of onset and organ sites, st age and RT doses and brachytherapy volumes. The importance of the stud y of complications is stressed, particularly when treatment combines e xternal RT and brachytherapy; some guidelines are given to avoid sever e complications.