Prognostic significance of positive peritoneal cytology in endometrial cancer patients
Although peritoneal cytology has been shown to be an independant predictor of survival in endometrial cancer, the present international federation of gynaecology and obstetrics (FIGO) staging system does not involve it for risk stratification. This work aimed to assess the prognostic importance of PPC (positive peritoneal cytology) in endometrial cancer patients. The medical profiles of uterine carcinoma patients were reviewed who were referred to Khatam-al- Anbia and Bahman hospital within 2010-2019. The factors possibly affecting peritoneal fluid cytology in all patients were analysed. There was a considerable association between survival and the number of lymph nodes involvement (95% CI = 2.5 - 12.51, OR = 5.59,