Table 1 Demographic characteristics of survey respondents
Volume of medical institution | N (%) |
University hospital | 23 (68%) |
 Cancer center | 9 (26%) |
 General hospital | 2 (6%) |
Country | N (%) |
 Korea | 16 (47%) |
 USA | 3 (9%) |
 Italy | 3 (9%) |
 France | 2 (6%) |
 India | 2 (6%) |
 Greece | 2 (6%) |
 Japan | 1 (3%) |
 Germany | 1 (3%) |
 Netherlands | 1 (3%) |
 Spain | 1 (3%) |
 Canada | 1 (3%) |
Specialty | N (%) |
 General surgery (colorectal cancer) | 15 (44%) |
 General surgery (gastric cancer) | 8 (24%) |
 Obstetrics and gynecology (gynecologic cancer) | 7 (21%) |
 General surgery (liver cancer) | 1 (3%) |
Age | |
 30s | 7 (21%) |
 40s | 16 (47%) |
 50s | 4 (12%) |
 60s | 7 (21%) |
Experience number of PSM | N (%) |
 < 10 | 7 (21) |
 11–30 | 10 (29) |
 31–50 | 3 (9) |
 > 51 | 14 (41) |
Major causes of PSM | N (%) |
 Pseudomyxoma | 9 (24) |
 Ovarian cancer | 9 (24) |
 Colorectal origin cancer | 9 (24) |
 Gastric origin cancer | 4 (11%) |
 Peritoneal mesothelioma | 1 (3%) |
 Others | 5 (14%) |