title: Peritoneal cytology in patients with stage IB cervical cancer undergoing radical hysterectomy: limited value.
abstract: Peritoneal cytology, obtained at the start of planned radical hysterectomy in 200 consecutive patients with Stage IB cervical cancer, none of whom had intra-abdominal extension of disease, was positive in only one patient; this patient received no adjuvant treatment and remains disease-free at 48 months. Routine peritoneal cytology during radical hysterectomy adds little information for patient management and may be safely omitted.
authors.affiliation: Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, New Jersey.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Patsner
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000379:methods; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000473:pathology*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*