Clinicopathological study of cardiac tamponade due to pericardial metastasis originating from gastric cancer

Table 4 Clinical characteristics of cardiac tamponade due to pericarditis carcinomatosa from GC

		Survival rate (%)
		1	5	10	Median survival
Characteristics	n		mo		in months (range)	P values
Overall	17	94.2	17.7	11.8	4.5 (1.0-14.0)
Gender
Male	11	90.9	18.2	9.1	4.3 (1.0-14.0)
Female	6	-	16.7	-	5.0 (1.3-13.0)	0.7614
Time interval
<24 mo	7	-	0	0	2.9 (1.5-5.0)
>24 mo	7	85.7	-	28.5	6.9 (1.0-14.0)	0.113
CEA (ng/mL)
<5	9	-	-	22.2	6.3 (1.5-14.0)
>5	4	75	0	0	1.9 (1.0-2.5)	0.0071
CA 19-9 (U/mL)
<40	6	-	33.3	16.7	7.4 (1.5-14.0)
>40	6	-	0	0	2.8 (1.0-5.0)	0.1074
CEA and/or CA	9-19
Normal	5	-	0	0	8.6 (2.5-14.0)
High	8	87.5	0	0	2.6 (1.0-5.0)	0.0244
Systemic chemotherapy
Done	7	-	42.9	28.6	6.9 (1.5-14.0)