Clinical characteristics and outcomes in those with primary extrahepatic malignancy and malignant ascites

Background Malignancy-related ascites accounts for approximately 10% of causes of ascites. Our AIM was to characterize the ascites fluid and correlate clinical outcomes in those with extrahepatic malignancy and ascites. Methods 241 subjects with extrahepatic solid tumors and ascites were reviewed fr...

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Published in:	BMC gastroenterology Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 410 - 9
Main Authors:	Alshuwaykh, Omar, Cheung, Amanda, Goel, Aparna, Kwong, Allison, Dhanasekaran, Renumathy, Ghaziani, T. Tara, Ahmed, Aijaz, Daugherty, Tami, Dronamraju, Deepti, Kumari, Radhika, Nguyen, Mindie, Kim, W. Ray, Kwo, Paul Yien
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 05.09.2022 BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V BMC
Subjects:	Ascites Ascites - etiology Ascitic Fluid - chemistry Cancer Cancer therapies Care and treatment Cellular biology Chemotherapy Colorectal cancer Cytology Diagnosis Diuretics Etiology Gastric cancer Gastroenterology Health aspects Hepatology Humans Hypertension, Portal - complications Immunotherapy Internal Medicine Kidney cancer Liver Liver cancer Liver diseases Liver Neoplasms - secondary Lung cancer Malignancy Malignant ascites Measurement Medicine Medicine & Public Health Metastases Metastasis Mortality Ovarian cancer Pancreatic cancer Pancreatic Neoplasms Pancreatic Neoplasms - complications Patient outcomes Peritoneal carcinomatosis Peritoneal Neoplasms - secondary Peritoneum Portal hypertension Prevention Proteins Pulmonary hypertension Research Article Risk factors Serum ascites albumin gradient Solid tumors Survival analysis Tuberculosis Tumors United States Malignant ascites Peritoneal carcinomatosis Portal hypertension Serum ascites albumin gradient
ISSN:	1471-230X, 1471-230X
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