title: [Cytological method in the diagnosis of esophageal cancer].
abstract: A correlation between the results, obtained in esophagofibroscopy, histological and cytological methods in establishing the diagnosis of esophageal cancer in 981 patients, has demonstrated that cytological method is a highly reliable one. The possibility to determine histological forms of esophageal tumor by means of cytological assay is shown.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003581:Cytodiagnosis / Q000379:methods*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Tsitologicheskiĭ metod v diagnostike raka pishchevoda.