An analysis of 58 patients with Stage III carcinoma of the cervix who were treated between 1964 and 1977 with whole pelvis irradiation and four brachytherapy applications is presented. The five-year corrected actuarial survival rate was 70.5 % with a low rate of acute and delayed important complications (only one patient with a proctovaginal fistula required surgical treatment). We suggest that our technique produced these results and diminished the pelvic failures. © 1981.