[Organization of republican endoscopic and cytologic centers for active screening of pretumor and tumor diseases of the cervical canal and corpus uteri].

An experience with screening for precancerous lesions of the cervical canal and corpus uteri is discussed. Groups at risk and high risk for cancer were formed on the basis of the results of outpatient cytologic examination of aspirates obtained from the uterine cavity through a plastic catheter. Complex endoscopic, cytologic and histologic examination of females at high risk for cancer was performed at an endoscopic center. Precancerous lesions of the endometrium and cervical canal were detected in 20% whereas cancer--in 5.2% of screened persons.