DNA distribution patterns of preneoplastic cells and their interpretation. Stomach and cervix uteri.

Gastric mucosa and smears of the cervix uteri - both under normal conditions and in different pathological stages - were processed by flow cytometry. DNA distribution patterns were measured and compared. Special interest was focused on chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG), checking its biological value and clinical importance with precancerous stages of the cervix uteri. In rare, distinct cases, CAG revealed carcinoma indicating DNA distribution patterns as distinct cases of dysplasia and Ca in situ of the cervix.