[Endocrine aspects of the pathogenesis of cancer of the cervix uteri. New possibilities of primary prophylaxis].

The review gives updates on the pathogenesis of background, precancer, and cancer of the cervix uteri. Epidemiological and molecular biological studies have established that human papillomavirus infection is the most important factor of carcinogenesis of the cervix uteri. The impact of reproductive dysfunction on the development of cervical pathology has been assessed and a possible mechanism of involvement of sex steroids in carcinogenesis assumed.