Clinical implications of CT-detected ascites in gastric cancer: association with peritoneal metastasis and systemic inflammatory response.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic significance of computed tomography (CT) detected ascites in gastric cancer (GC) with peritoneal metastasis (PM) and investigate its association with systemic inflammatory response.

Methods

This retrospective study included 111 GCs with ascites (PM: n = 51; No PM: n = 60). Systemic inflammatory indexes, tumor markers, and the CT-assessed characteristics of ascites were collected. The differences in parameters between the two groups were analyzed. Diagnostic performance was obtained by receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. The association between the volume of ascites and clinical characteristics was evaluated with correlation analysis.

Results

In this study, over half of GCs with ascites were not invol

SUBMITTER: Xu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11460829 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature