title: [Cytological study in the diagnosis of rectal and sigmoid cancer].
abstract: In 102 patients with cancer of the rectum and sigmoid a cytologic method was used to support morphologically a primary tumor focus and also to determine the degree of tumor spread. This method proved to be simple and highly reliable (94.6% of coincidence with histological findings).
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Tsitologicheskiĭ metod issledovaniia v diagnostike raka priamoĭ i sigmovidnoĭ kishok