Brachytherapy alone provides survival benefit in women over 70 with distant disease. Kaplan-Meier survival curves for women over 70 with localized (A), regional (B), and distant (C) disease, stratified by type of less aggressive treatment. Localized disease: BT vs XRT p=0.9, others p<0.0001. Regional disease: BT vs XRT p=0.7, others p<0.001. Distant disease: p<0.0001 for BT vs NT, XRT. Causespecific survival in women >70 with distant disease (D). p<0.0001 for BT vs NT, XRT.