[Organization and efficacy of cytological examinations in the mass screening of women in the Moldavian SSR].

The paper discusses a five-year experience of the work done by Centralized Cytologic Laboratories of the Republic in mass screenings for cancer of the uterine cervix. Organization and effectiveness of mass cytologic examinations are discussed. Certain measures aimed at improvement in procedures of detection of precancerous lesions and early cancer of the uterine cervix are suggested.