Table 1. Demographic, tumor and clinical characteristics in 10 patients with pseudomyxoma peritonei.

Patient no./sex/age at diagnosis, years	Ascites at diagnosis	PMP histology	Primary site	Extent of diagnosis	PMP grade (of 4)	Extent of surgery	Postoperative chemotherapy (phosphorus P32 and fluorouracil)	Disease status
1/M/76.8	Yes	CA	Appen	Diff	3	Max	Yes	DWD
2/M/42.2	Yes	A	Colon	Diff	2	P	No	DWD
3/F/59.7	No	A	Appen	Diff	1	Max	Yes	AWOD
4/M/75.2	Yes	CA	Appen	Diff	2	Max	Yes	DWD
5/M/53.4	Yes	A	Appen	Diff	1	P	Yes	DWD
6/M/48.6	No	A	Appen	Diff	1	Max	Yes	AWD
7/M/35.2	Yes	A	Appen	Diff	2	Max	Yes	DWD
8/F/82.0	Yes	A	Appen	LA	1	Max	No	AWD
9/M/70.2	No	A	Appen	Diff	1	Max	No	AWD
10/F/74.0	No	A	Appen	Diff	3	P	No	DWD

Abbreviations: A, adenocarcinoma; Appen, appendix; AWD, alive with disease; AWOD, alive without disease; CA, cystadenocarcinoma; Diff, diffuse; DWD, dead with disease; LA, localized to appendix; Max, maximally debulked, all gross disease removed; P, partially debulked; PMP, pseudomyxoma peritonei.