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. 2020 Dec 4;100(6):666–675. doi: 10.1002/cyto.b.21978

TABLE 1.

Peritoneal fluid samples evaluated with flow cytometry

Method of sample acquisition Number PM(−) PM(+)
P0CY0 P0CY1 P1CY0 P1CY1
Laparotomy 76 68 1 1 6
Staging laparoscopy 55 6 6 (2) 12 (2) 31 (10)
Paracentesis 12 1 (1) 11 (11)
Total 143 74 7 14 48

Note: Data in parentheses are the number of ascitic fluid samples.

Abbreviations: CY, peritoneal cytology; P, macroscopic metastasis; PM, peritoneal metastasis.