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Table 1 Patient characteristics of 63 women with peritoneal cancer undergoing repeated pressurized intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy (PIPAC) with cisplatin and doxorubicin

From: Dynamic changes of tumor gene expression during repeated pressurized intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy (PIPAC) in women with peritoneal cancer

Patient characteristic

Value

Number of patients

63

Age (years; mean ± SD)

62.0 ± 11.3

Previous chemotherapy regimens (median, range)

3 (2–8)

Presence of ascites

35/63 (56.6 %)

Ascites volume (ml; median, range)

150 (10–4500)

PCI (mean ± SD)

17.5 ± 10.0

Serum CA125 (U/ml; mean ± SD)

1590 ± 3753

Primary tumor

 Ovarian cancer

58 (92.1 %)

 Endometrial cancer

3 (4.7 %)

 Pseudomyxoma peritonei

1 (1.6 %)

 Stomach cancer

1 (1.6 %)

Cell type

 Serous papillary adenocarcinoma

37/63 (58.7 %)

 Mucinous adenocarcinoma

2/63 (3.2 %)

 Other

24/63 (38.1 %)

Number of patients sampled at PIPAC 1 and at least one follow-up PIPAC (2, 3, or 4)

42

Number of patients sampled at PIPAC 1, 2 and 3

28

  1. SD standard deviation, PCI Peritoneal Cancer Index