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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 8.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2009 Sep 18;16(12):3333–3339. doi: 10.1245/s10434-009-0683-2

TABLE 1.

Diagnosis of peritoneal metastasis by standard staging laparoscopy and RT-PCR

Findings at staging laparoscopy RT-PCR status
(+) n = 42 (−) n = 73
Peritoneal biopsy (+) 9 0
Cytology (+) 2 2
Peritoneal biopsy and cytology (−) 31 71