Survival Impact of Residual Cancer Cells in Intraoperative Peritoneal Washes following Radical Hysterectomy for Cervical Cancer.

Jong Mi KimGun Oh ChongNora Jee-Young ParkYeong Eun ChoiJuhun LeeYoon Hee LeeDae Gy HongJi Young Park

Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2022)

Although the presence of RCCs in intraoperative peritoneal washes do not significantly impact survival outcomes, there was a tendency of inferior survival outcomes in patients with RCCs. RCCs were associated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and large tumor size.

Keyphrases

neoadjuvant chemotherapy
locally advanced
lymph node
sentinel lymph node
patients undergoing
rectal cancer
radiation therapy
early stage