[A comparative study of the potentials of a cytological method, the progesterone test and echography in the early detection of endometrial carcinoma in women in the postmenopause].

An attempt was made to examine and compare the abilities of the cytological method, the progesterone test and the uterus sonography for early finding and screening of endometrial cancer in postmenopausal women. There were studied three groups of patients, each group of them consisted of 900 women, for the period of 10 years. The uterus sonography and progesterone test showed the best results. The cytological smears method was found not suitable for screening programme.