[Cancer of the uterus treated at the Maribor Hospital from 1961 to 1978].

From 1961-1978, 218 patients with the carcinoma of the corpus uteri were treated in the hospital of Maribor . They were on average 60 years old. In most of the cases (87%) the disease was classified as stage I. Only the operation was performed in 15.6% of the patients, only radiation in 11.5%, and in the rest of patients a combined therapy was used. The patients survived a 5-year period in 75%; the best prognosis was observed in stage I a-84%.