[Organization of republican endoscopic and cytologic centers for active screening of pretumor and tumor diseases of the cervical canal and corpus uteri].
An experience with screening for precancerous lesions of the cervical canal and corpus uteri is discussed. Groups at risk and high risk for cancer were formed on the basis of the results of outpatient cytologic examination of aspirates obtained from the uterine cavity through a plastic catheter. Complex endoscopic, cytologic and histologic examination of females at high risk for cancer was performed at an endoscopic center. Precancerous lesions of the endometrium and cervical canal were detected in 20% whereas cancer--in 5.2% of screened persons.
Mkrtchian
L N
LN
Ambartsumian
A M
AM
Arzumanian
G A
GA
Madoian
A G
AG
Shakhnazarian
Zh S
ZhS
D000328:Adult; D001136:Armenia; D001706:Biopsy; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000473:pathology; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012307:Risk Factors; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014599:Uterus / Q000473:pathology; D014626:Vaginal Smears
Organizatsiia respublikanskimi éndoskopicheskim i tsitologicheskim tsentrami aktivnogo vyiavleniia predopukholevykh i opukholevykh zabolevaniĭ tservikal'nogo kanala i tela matki.