The incremental benefit of two quadrant lavage for peritoneal cytology at staging laparoscopy for oesophagogastric adenocarcinoma

Background Patients with positive peritoneal cytology from oesophagogastric cancer have a poor prognosis. The purpose of this study was to compare lavage cytology from the pelvis alone with the pelvis and subphrenic areas at staging laparoscopy in patients with potentially resectable oesophagogastric adenocarcinoma.