Standard Treatment External beam radiation with chemotherapy and interstitial or intracavitary radiation. The carcinoma has extended to the pelvic wall. Any t, N2, M0 or T4, N0, M0. The carcinoma has extended beyond the true pelvis or involves the lining of the bladder or rectum. These carcinomas are generally treated with external beam with concurrent chemotherapy, intracavitary or interstitial radiation therapy.
Radical surgery is an option in selected cases.
About 30 percent for Stage III, about 10-20 percent for Stage IVa. There is spread to distant organs. Neither radiation nor surgery can cure women with distant metastases, but both are used for local relief of symptoms. Less than 10 percent. These tumors are generally treated by aggressive surgery, but the overall survival rate is extremely poor-less than 15 percent.