Between 1976 and 1986 we have treated 396 patients with carcinoma of the uterine cervix, stages Ib, II and III. The mean age was 54.2 years. The staging system used was the FIGO classification, modified according to the Institut Gustave-Roussy criteria. There were in stage Ib 117 cases, in early stage II 124 cases, in late stage II 63 cases and in stage III 92 cases. Treatment methods used were radiotherapy and surgery combined for localised pelvic lesions (stage Ib and stage II) and radiotherapy alone for those cases that were central and going out to the side wall of the pelvis (late stage II and stage III). The actuarial five-year survival rate was 91% for stage Ib, 67% for early stage II, 48% for late stage II and 28% for stage III. The main causes of failure were recurrence in the pelvis in 15% of treated areas and distant metastases in 13%. The state of the lymph nodes was another prognostic factor but the histological subtype and age were not. 7% of cases had severe complications (urinary, digestive and lymphatic).