[The relation between smear cytology, tumor differentiation, nuclear surface and cytoplasmic estrogen receptor content in cancer of the uterine body].

Forty-one histologically verified endometrial carcinomas were examined to reveal relationship, if any, between cytoplasmic receptor content and tumour differentiation, cytologic diagnosis and mean nuclear surface area. The latter in itself was found to be a reliable prognostic sign of the estrogen receptor positivity of the tumour.