Prognostic significance of malignant ascites in gastric cancer patients with peritoneal metastasis: A systemic review and meta-analysis

Figure 1 PRISMA flow diagram of the literature retrieval in this meta-analysis.

Figure 2 Summary meta-analysis of studies assessing the impact of malignant ascites on overall survival. A: Comparing the prognosis of patients with ascites with that of patients without ascites; B: Comparing the prognosis of patients with massive ascites with that of patients with mild to moderate ascites; C: Comparing the prognosis of patients with massive ascites with that of patients with no to moderate ascites.

Figure 3 Funnel plot of the nine studies[15-17,19,21,22,25-27] that assessed the difference in prognosis between patients with and without ascites.