[The natural history of carcinoma of the cervix uteri: from morphology to multidisciplinary interpretation of the pathogenesis].

The evolution of research on cervical cancerogenesis in the forty years from 1951 to 1990 is reviewed by the Author, who took part in it under the guidance of prof. G.B. Candiani. The modifications of the views on the subject by both the gynecologist and the pathologist, that have led through new guidelines of Health politics and of clinical behaviour, to a substantial decrease of the mortality from this disease, are highlighted.