[Colposcopy and early diagnosis of cancer of the uterine cervix].

This work shows the indications, procedure, and usefulness of colposcopy in the early detection of cervical carcinoma. Colposcopy is very useful, and 20 per 100 of the false positive cases are generally corrected by the cytological study. The combined use of cytology and colposcopy attains the early diagnosis of most cases of preclinical carcinoma of the cervix.