Is age a limiting factor for brachytherapy for carcinoma of the node negative oral tongue in patients aged eighty or older?
Age is not a limiting factor for brachytherapy for appropriately selected elderly patients, and brachytherapy achieved good local control with acceptable morbidity.
The degree of uterine descent with cervical traction under anaesthesia has not been shown to be helpful in assessing the need for vaginal hysterectomy at the time of vaginal repair. The 'cervical traction' test is therefore unnecessary, and the decision as to whether to perform a concomitant vaginal hysterectomy should be based on the clinical findings on examination in the clinic.