[Early identification of cancer through vaginal cytology in a venereal disease clinic].

100 women, routinely and regularly examined in a venereal disease clinic, have been investigated using Papanicolaou smears of the uterine cervix for. 1. Papanicolaou group, 2. trichomonas infection, 3. assessment of vaginal microbiology. A group III was determined in 11, a group IV/V in 2 women. Trichomonas vaginalis was present in 60% of the cases. Only 9% of the smears showed normal Döderlein bacteria; 91% contained mixed bacteria. The findings are compared with a control group and are discussed in the light of epidemiologic studies indicating the close rôle of certain factors in the sexual life for the development of cervical cancer. The necessity to regard this population as a high risk group in general cytological screening has been stressed, especially to the advantage of the adolescent and young females in this group.