In 1898, Wertheim performed the first radical abdominal hysterectomy for cervical cancer.

She had to undergo an immediate radical hysterectomy to treat the disease.

Five years later, more tumors had necessitated a radical hysterectomy.

A radical hysterectomy is done for some cancers.

A 17-year-old who has had a radical hysterectomy will have a difficult time discussing it.

Nine years after her radical hysterectomy her cancer came back.

Either radiation therapy or radical hysterectomy results in cure rates of 75% to 80%.

She had already reportedly undergone a radical hysterectomy due to cancers of the uterus and ovaries.

"Do we know that it's as good as radical hysterectomy?"

Many of them don't even have to go through what used to be the standard treatments: radical hysterectomy, or extensive radiation therapy.