Prognostic importance of peritoneal washing cytology in patients with otherwise resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma who underwent pancreatectomy: A nationwide, cancer registry –based study from the Japan Pancreas Society

The importance of peritoneal washing cytology status both as a sign of irresectability and as a prognostic factor for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma remains controversial. The purpose of this nationwide, cancer registry –based study was to clarify the clinical implications of operative resection in patients who had positive cytology status.

Source: Surgery - August 20, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Hiroyoshi Tsuchida, Tsutomu Fujii, Masamichi Mizuma, Sohei Satoi, Hisato Igarashi, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Tamotsu Kuroki, Yasuhiro Shimizu, Masaji Tani, Satoshi Tanno, Yoshihisa Tsuji, Yoshiki Hirooka, Atsushi Masamune, Kazuhiro Mizumoto, Takao Itoi, Shinichi Source Type: research