Intratumoral interleukin-6 predicts ascites formation in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer: A potential tool for close monitoring

Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics of the participants

Characteristic		Categorization	Patients (n = 98)
Age (years)	Range: 35–84	≤50	16
Age (years)	Median: 62	>50	82
Histological subtype		High-grade serous	63
		Low-grade serous	17
		High-grade endometrioid	1
		Low-grade endometrioid	2
		Mucinous	2
		Clear cell	5
		Others	8
FIGO stage		I-II	14
FIGO stage		III-IV	84
Extent of residual tumour		None	46
		<1 cm	35
		1–2 cm	0
		>2 cm	17
Clinical response to platinum chemotherapy		Sensitive	77
Clinical response to platinum chemotherapy		Resistant	21
post-treatment ascites		Yes	40
post-treatment ascites		No	58

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