Table 1 Patients characteristics
|  |  | All (N = 83) (%) | No ascites (N = 43) (%) | Small to moderate ascites (N = 26) (%) | Massive ascites (N = 14) (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | Median (range) | 67 (23–83) | 68 (48–78) | 64.5 (23–83) | 67.5 (32–81) |
Gender | Male* | 60 (72) | 37 (86) | 15 (58) | 8 (57) |
ECOG PS | 0* | 48 (58) | 28 (65) | 18 (69) | 2 (14) |
1 | 25 (30) | 13 (30) | 5 (19) | 7 (50) | |
2* | 10 (12) | 2 (5) | 3 (12) | 5 (36) | |
Histological Type | Diffuse | 47 (57) | 20 (46) | 17 (65) | 10 (71) |
Intestinal | 36 (43) | 23 (54) | 9 (35) | 4 (29) | |
Number of previous CTX | 1 | 59 (71) | 29 (67) | 18 (69) | 12 (86) |
≥2 | 24 (29) | 14 (33) | 8 (31) | 2 (14) | |
Gastrectomy | Yes | 31 (37) | 18 (42) | 7 (27) | 6 (43) |
Target lesion | Yes | 45 (54) | 28 (65) | 12 (46) | 5 (36) |
Site of metastasis | Lymph node | 56 (67) | 34 (79) | 15 (58) | 7 (50) |
Liver | 22 (27) | 13 (30) | 7 (27) | 2 (14) | |
Peritoneal | 49 (59) | 11 (26) | 24 (92) | 14 (100) | |
Ovary* | 10 (12) | 1 (2) | 5 (19) | 4 (29) | |
Number of metastases | 1–2* | 70 (84) | 39 (91) | 19 (73) | 12 (86) |
≥ 3 | 13 (16) | 4 (9) | 7 (27) | 2 (14) |