[Widely available cytological examinations and detectability of cervical dysplasia and carcinoma].

The system of cervical carcinoma prophylaxis introduced in 1974 in the Province of Szczecin based on obligatory obtaining of cytological smears at least one in a year from each woman coming for gynaecological examination and obligatory presentation of the result of this examination by each woman going for sanatorium treatment was analysed. In the years 1974-1986 the number of cytological examinations was systematically increasing, reached recently over 100 thousand, and covered about 30% of the female population aged over 19 years. With increasing number of cytological examinations there was a rise in the detectability of dysplasia and a tendency was noted also recently for reduced incidence of cervical carcinoma. The indices of morbidity and mortality were unchanged.