The risk of invasive cervical carcinoma (No 180 by the International Classification of Diseases in 1975) was analysed in comparison to a control group of 599 healthy women. From these populations two subgroups were isolated: autochthonous women born in Upper Silesia (162 cases + 408 control women) and immigrants (107 cases + 191 controls). The risk of carcinoma was higher in the second subgroup. The analysis demonstrated a significant correlation between the risk of invasive cervical carcinoma among women doing heavy work with exposure to industrial dusts and gases in working environment. A significantly higher risk of invasive cervical carcinoma was observed also in the populations of women who had lithiasis (cholelithiasis, nephrolithiasis, bladder calculosis), diabetes, hypertension and venereal diseases or had had operations on the genital system, mainly for erosions and myomas.

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gynecologic disease human Poland Genital Diseases, Female comparative study pathology Aged Adolescent female Socioeconomic Factors Cervix Neoplasms risk factor Risk Factors socioeconomics Article Neoplasm Invasiveness cancer invasion adult migration uterine cervix tumor Transients and Migrants Middle Age English Abstract