title: Cytologic screening for the detection of cancer in the uterine cervix--a survey in Patna (India).
abstract: Cytologic screening of the uterine cervix of 10,012 married women of Patna (India) was conducted to find out precancerous and cancerous lesions in different age and parity groups. Of the "pap" smears, 80.1% were normal, 11.1% were inflammatory, 5.8% showed dyskaryosis and 2.8% had cellular profiles suggestive of malignancy. In higher age groups i.e., in 40-49 and 50-59 years, the percentage of inflammatory smears were increased to 15 and 35.8; and invasive carcinoma to 8.28 and 14.19, respectively. Higher parity groups (four and above) had greater incidence of invasive carcinoma (6.7%) than those of lower parity groups (1.88%).
authors.affiliation: Post-graduate Department of Zoology, Patna University, India.
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Sinha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008393:Marriage; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D065006:Papanicolaou Test; D010298:Parity; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012067:Religion; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014626:Vaginal Smears