[Cytological characteristics of severe dysplasia, intraepithelial cancer and stage IA cancer of the cervix uteri based on multivariate analysis (joint study)].

The investigation was concerned with a computer statistical analysis of 40 cytological indexes of severe dysplasia, intraepithelial cancer and stage IA carcinoma of cervix uteri. It was found that, irrespective of stage, of major importance are such factors as atypia of cells and nuclei, cell division rate, keratinization involving the formation of specific structures, increasing atypia of cells accompanied by high-rate division and reduction in variety of cell functions.