Outcomes following diagnostic laparoscopy in patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis deemed ineligible for cytoreduction and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) due to disease burden.

While there is a trend towards shortened OS for those with positive cytology on peritoneal washings compared to those with negative washings or atypia, this did not reach statistical significance (1.01 years positive, 2.38 years negative/atypia, 1.25 years unavailable, p = 0.180) ( Fig 2 c ).

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