Table 6.

Summary and comparison of large-scale peritoneal lavage cytology studies

CY1: positive peritoneal cytology, Class IV/V: strongly suggestive of malignancy or consistent with malignancy according to the Papanicolaou classification, P0: no peritoneal metastasis, P1: peritoneal metastasis. U = upper abdomen; D = Douglas pouch; P = Papanicolaou; G = Giemsa; PAS = periodic acid-Schiff; AB = alcian blue; DPAS = diastase-periodic acid-Schiff; CR = curative resection; NCR = non-curative resection.