Table 1.

Major clinicopathological characteristics of MA patients in this study

Variables	N
Total patients	20
Sex
Male	4
Female	16
Primary tumors
Gastric cancer	5
Colorectal cancer	5
Ovarian/endometrial cancer	8
Pancreatic cancer	1
Breast cancer	1
Volume of MA
≤1,000 mL	14
>1,000 mL	6
MA nature
Prechemotherapy	14
Postchemotherapy	6
MA color
Red	5
Yellow	15

Abbreviations: MA, malignant ascites; N, number of patients.