Survival of Patients With Uterine Cancer, Connecticut, 1935–542

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Abstract
We are presenting a survival analysis by stage, age, calendar period of diagnosis, and treatment for cases of cancer of the uterine cervix and corpus diagnosed in the State of Connecticut between 1935 and 1954. Observed survival is measured relative to expected survival in the general population. For both sites, patients diagnosed during the second 10-year calendar period, 1945–54, had a markedly higher 5-year relative survival rate than patients diagnosed during the earlier period, 1935–44. This improvement was associated with increased use of surgery. Several possible interpretations of this association are given. Surgery was strikingly successful in treating women with cancer of the cervix under age 55 with spread of disease localized: 9 out of every 10 patients survived 5 years. For both cancer of the cervix and corpus, 5-year survivors experienced a considerably higher mortality than women of similar age in the general population. The survival results for Connecticut are compared with results obtained at leading treatment centers in the United States.

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