The preliminary results obtained in our efforts to preserve ovarian function in young women with early cervical cancer were published five years ago (3, 4).The patients were first subjected to an operation in which the ovaries were lifted up from their normal site in the lesser pelvis and fixed as high as possible in the abdomen, great care being taken in leaving the blood supply intact.Radiation therapy was given in the usual way after healing of the operation wound.Loss of ovarian function interferes so seriously with the life of young women that great effort should be made to avoid its occurrence.On the other hand, the prognosis of advanced cervical carcinoma is so grave that the paramount consideration must be to give as effective treatment as possi.ble.
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Krebs et al. (1963) studied this question.