[Relationship between peritoneal cytology and prognosis in XXXX ].

@entity1 @entity5 @entity3 @entity1204
From 1971 to 1985, peritoneal cytologic examination was performed at the time of operation in 235 previously untreated @entity1 with @entity1204 . The relationship between the cytologic findings and prognoses by stage was investigated. The results were as follows: 1. In the peritoneal cytologic examination, 44 (18.7%) out of 235 cases were positive for @entity5 cells in all stages, 25 (14.5%) out of 173 cases in stage I, 7 (21.2%) out of 33 cases in stage II, and 8 (32.0%) out of 25 cases in stage III. 2. Among the 20 cases of @entity1204 that had no macroscopic @entity3 and had positive peritoneal cytologic findings for @entity5 cells, 5- and 10-year cumulative survival rates were 94.7 and 94.7%, against 92.7% and 90.9% in cases with negative peritoneal cytology respectively. The recurrence rate in the same stage was 12.0% for positive cases, against 9.5% for negative cases. No significant differences between positive and negative cases were found. 3. In stages II and III, the difference between the survival rates for 9 cases which have positive peritoneal cytology without macroscopic peritoneal @entity3 and 47 cases with negative peritoneal cytology were not statistically significant. 4. In @entity1204 without macroscopic peritoneal @entity3 , the appearance of @entity5 cells in peritoneal cytologic examination is not correlated with the prognosis.
