title: [Washing liquid cytology examination of operative wound in patients with breast tumor].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the relation between exfoliated tumor cells in operative wound and clinical pathologic classification and to provide theory for killing exfoliated tumor cells in operation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Washing liquid cytology examination of the operative wound was done in 262 patients with breast tumor. The relation between cytology examination and pathological classification was analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the 262 patients, exfoliated tumor cells were found in 63 patients, (24%). The detection rate in patients with I, II, III and IV stage was 5.3%, 27.1%, 79.3% and 100% respectively; The rate for T(1), T(2), T(3) stage was 6.1%, 18.9% and 51.3% respectively. The detection rate was 58.6% when the number of metastasis lymph node beyond 3; the rate was 14.3% and 14.1% respectively when the number below 3 or no lymphatic metastasis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The detection rate of exfoliated tumor cells is related to tumor advance, and it is necessary to kill exfoliated tumor cells in operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Liaocheng People's Hospital, Liaocheng 252000, China.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sui
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wei
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018567:Breast Neoplasms, Male / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000517:prevention & control; D009367:Neoplasm Staging