Positive Peritoneal Lavage Cytopathology: Prevalence and Relation to Clinico-Pathological Characteristics of Colonic Adenocarcinoma: A Cohort Study
Mohamed A. Abousalama, Ahmed I. Swelam, Hamdy S. Abdullah & Osama H. Elkhadrawy · Asian Journal of Research in Surgery · 2022
Background: Positive peritoneal lavage cytopathology (PPLC) is an established poor prognostic factor in CRC that has been proven in many studies and was associated with an increase in peritoneal recurrence , overall recurrence and mortality. The incidence of PPLC among CRC patie...
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