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Copyright ©2005 Baishideng Publishing Group Inc.
World J Gastroenterol. Dec 14, 2005; 11(46): 7374-7377
Published online Dec 14, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i46.7374
Table 1 Correlation between the results of peritoneal washes and clinicopathological factors
Clinicopathological factorsNPLC(+)PpCEA(+)P
n%n%
Tumor size
≤4 cm28414.3>0.05932.1>0.05
>4 cm361130.61747.2
Histological type
Differentiated30516.7>0.051033.3>0.05
Undifferentiated341029.41647.1
Serosal invasion
Negative2727.4<0.01518.5<0.01
Positive371335.12156.8
Lymph node involvement
Negative1616.3>0.05318.8<0.05
Positive481429.22347.9
Table 2 Results of PLC and pCEA in predicting peritoneal recurrence of gastric cancer after surgery (%)
AccuracySensitivitySpecificityPositivepredictive valueNegativeFalseFalse
predictive valuenegative ratepositive rate
PLC90.673.797.893.389.826.32.2
pCEA85.994.782.269.297.45.317.8