[Cytometric analysis of neoplastic processes in the large intestine]

Examinations of macroscopically intact mucosa, of adenomas with various dysplasia degrees, and of adenocarcinoma have helped single out cytometric parameters and a number of morphologic characteristics describing the proliferation processes in the large intestine. Variability of the nuclear shape and size, the mitotic activity of the glandular epithelium, and the volumic fraction of proliferating DNA-synthesizing cells are characteristic of malignant processes.