Clinical significance of CT-defined minimal ascites in patients with gastric cancer

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Gastric Cancer

World J Gastroenterol. Nov 14, 2005; 11(42): 6587-6592
Published online Nov 14, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i42.6587

Table 7 Peritoneal carcinomatosis in the patients with CT-defined, yet preoperatively malignancy-undetermined ascites. Univariate analysis

Peritoneal carcinomatosis Significance Predictive value
	Negative	Positive
CT-defined enlarged lymph node (L/N)
None or Regional L/N	24	3		NPV: 88.9%¹
Distant L/N	6	7	P<0.01
CT-defined perigastric invasion
Negative	20	2		NPV: 90.9%
Positive	10	8	P<0.05
Tumor size defined by endoscopy or UGIS
<3 cm	10	0		NPV: 100%
3-10 cm	16	6
>10 cm	4	4	P<0.05
EGC vs AGC²
EGC	7	0		NPV: 100%
AGC	23	10	NS

¹NPV: negative predictive value for peritoneal carcinomatosis. ²EGC: early gastric cancer; AGC: advanced gastric cancer.

Citation: Chang DK, Kim JW, Kim BK, Lee KL, Song CS, Han JK, Song IS. Clinical significance of CT-defined minimal ascites in patients with gastric cancer. World J Gastroenterol 2005; 11(42): 6587-6592
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v11/i42/6587.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v11.i42.6587