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A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis on the Occurrence of Biomarker Mutation in Colorectal Cancer among the Asian Population

Table 1

Major characteristics of the prevalence of KRAS screening studies that were included in the meta-analysis.

S/NAuthorYearLocationMale, (%)AgeSample sizeTumour stage (early stage)Tumour stage (late stage)Tumour location (colon)Tumour location (rectum)Tumour grade (poorly differentiated)Tumour grade (moderately differentiated)Tumour grade (well-differentiated)MethodTotal KRAS mutation (%)KRAS (codon 12) %KRAS (codon 13) %

1Al-Allawi et al., 2012 [21]2012Iraq545050504456186220Sequencing4891.78.3
2Amirifard et al., 2016 [22]2016Iran793301005545921.269.8Sequencing36.491.78.3
3Awidi et al., 2019 [23]2019Jordan6058 (19-83)190NRNR97.42.63NRNRNRSequencing48.481.517.4
4Bader and Ismail, 2014 [24]2014Saudi Arabia5855 (26-90)8313.386.776249.6828.4Sequencing42.288.611.4
5Bakarman and AlGarni, 2019a [2]2019Saudi Arabia562793456.659.540.56.573.85.7Sequencing12.5NRNR
6Bando et al., 2012 [25]2012Japan60NR109NRNR69.730.2NRNRNRSequencing30.378.821.2
7Bishehsari et al., 2006 [26]2006Iran57NR182NRNR7129NRNRNRSequencing37.466.232.4
8Bagadi et al., 2012 [27]2012India7456 (23-93)10022.577.57822NRNRNRSequencing238713
9Chen et al., 2009 [28]2009Taiwan5425-9090NRNR68.931.1NRNRNRSequencing35.67525
10Dallol et al., 2016 [29]2016Saudi Arabia59NR99NRNR72.727.310.161.616.2HTT-sequencing35.4NRNR
11Deng et al., 2015 [30]2015China59NR43350.349.773.926.121.249.221.9Sequencing38.374.125.9
12Dolatkhah et al., 2015 [31]2015Iran7777.6 (27–90)3036.746.7NRNR6.726.750Sequencing20NRNR
13Dolatkhah et al., 2016 [32]2016Iran651003729722832249Sequencing2661.534.6
14Elbjeirami and Sughayer, 2012 [33]2012Jordan5555 (22-74)1005957822NRNRNRSequencing4488.611.4
15Elsamany et al., 2014 [34]2014Saudi Arabia54NR11623.376.767.832.229.358.712Sequencing37.1NRNR
16Fu et al., 2019 [35]2019China6060 (14-96)5495NRNR50.149.96.571.324.4HRMS37.775.122.2
17He et al., 2020 [36]2020China6259 (26-83)1944.18372.627.345.9NRNRSequencing42.363.417.1
18Hsieh et al., 2012 [37]2012TaiwanNRNR182NRNRNRNRNRNRNRSequencing33.5NRNR
19Hamzehzadeh et al., 2018 [38]2018Iran5957 (27-86)87NRNR87.312.64.67718.3Sequencing28.77228
20Jauhri et al., 2017a [39]2017India61NR11223.276.882.117.9NRNRNRSequencing35.767.517.5
21Jazi et al., 2017 [40]2017Iran565255.828.828.871.215.442.323.1Sequencing15.47525
22Kaji et al., 2011 [41]2011Japan3598NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR60.271.223.7
23Karbalaie Niya et al., 2016 [42]2016Iran57NR1000NRNRNRNR16.438.443.9HRMS33.685.114.9
24Korphaisarn et al., 2019 [14]2019Thailand5764 (30-89)10824.175.982.417.66.586.14.6PNAM-PCR47.2NRNR
25Kwon et al., 2011 [43]2011South Korea6092010056.543.515.267.412PNAM/PCR/S20.7NRNR
26Kaidarova et al., 2020 [44]2020Kazakhstan45332NRNRNRNRNRNRNRPCR44.980.519.5
27Koochak et al., 2016 [16]2016Iran57NR10000100NRNR16.438.443.9HRMA/P33.685.114.9
28Kumar et al., 2015 [45]2015Oman5956 (18–80)16222.875.329.670.416.777.25.6IHC23.5NRNR
29Kuo et al., 2014 [46]2014Taiwan5463.2 (30-88)529.690.467.330.85.884.63.8PNA-M/PCR28.866.733.3
30Lee et al., 2020 [47]2020South Korea4362 (27-88)31023.674.9NRNRNRNRNRSequencing37.176.523.5
31Mohamed Suhaimi et al., 2015 [48]2015Singapore5458.5 (26-74)445040.954.545.5NRNRNRHRM-S31.8NRNR
32Mohsen et al., 2016 [49]2016Iran7050NRNR7426NR3630Sequencing2871.428.6
33Mulla et al., 2020 [50]2020Saudi Arabia5160 (28-91)5135.364.7NRNR3.984.311.8Histopathology39.27520
34Murtaza et al., 2014 [51]2014Pakistan64NR1501288485238.726.734.7Sequencing13.36035
35Nagakubo et al., 2019 [52]2019JapanNRNR50NRNRNRNRNRNRNRSanger sequencing506820
36Nguyen et al., 2021 [53]2021Vietnam5615176.219.268.931.110.236.253.2Sanger sequencing37.155.444.6
37Omidifar et al., 2015 [54]2015Iran55100NRNRNRNRNRNRNRSequencing3271.925
38Park et al., 2021 [55]2021South Korea6123–9329855.444.672.825.2672.521.5Sequencing44NRNR
39Payandeh et al., 2016 [56]2016Iran6183010061.438.67.332.560.2HRM/AS/PCR/P44.681.118.9
40Rahadiani et al., 2018 [57]2018Indonesia55NR39NRNRNRNR2.6NR69.2RT-PCR71.87517.9
41Siraj et al., 2014 [58]2014Saudi Arabia51NR77044.549.2NRNR12.176.69.6PCR/sequencing28.170.429.6
42Song et al., 2020 [59]2020China61NR235644.845.2NRNR18.7NR81.3Sequencing32.3NRNR
43Saito et al., 2014 [60]2014Japan5863.5 (20-82)109NRNRNRNRNRNRNRARMS/S-assay/DS37.668.331.7
44Sirisena et al., 2017 [61]2017Sri Lanka6361 (29-85)108NRNRNRNRNRNRNRPCR/sequencing23.16040
45Segal et al., 2011 [62]2011Israel46NR419NRNRNRNRNRNRNRSequencing44.982.417.6
46Taniguchi, H., et al. 2018 [63]2018Japan5964 (26-89)30226.873.253479.6NRNRSequencing42.769.815.5
47Veldore et al., 2014 [64]2014India65299NRNR70.229.87.021379.9RT/PCR/S42.892.27.8
48Watanabe et al., 2011 [65]2011Japan6766 (26-87)11321.278.873.526.512.434.553.1PNA/RT-PCR31NRNR
49Watanabe et al., 2013 [66]2013Japan61NR573217.179.768.331.7NRNRNRSequencing37.679.520.5
50Yari et al., 2020 [67]2020IranNRNR100NRNRNRNRNRNRNRSequencing2972.420.7
51Yip et al., 2013 [68]2013Malaysia65NR4451.248.868.331.77.382.99.8Sequencing2572.718.2
52Yoshino et al., 2015 [69]2015JapanNRNR307NRNRNRNRNRNRNRSequencing37.880.218.1
53Zahrani et al., 2014 [70]2014Saudi Arabia6356.7 (21-88)150168478.721.3NRNRNRSequencing5686.913
54Zekri et al., 2019 [71]2019Saudi ArabiaNRNR45NRNRNRNRNRNRNRSanger sequencing51.1NRNR
55Zekri et al., 2012 [72]2012Saudi Arabia6561 (21-80)463070831715832Sanger sequencing32.686.713
56Zhang et al., 2015 [73]2015China5962.1 (18-96)111019.180.950.749.37.573.519PCR-SS45.47921
57Zhu et al., 2020 [74]2020China70NR5337.762.3NRNRNRNRNRSequencing47.2NRNR
58Zhang et al., 2018 [75]2018China626481352.447.545.554.54.173.717Sequencing42.6NRNR
59Zihui Yong et al., 2020 [76]2020Singapore5362 (12-91)36301007723NRNRNRSequencing34.7NRNR

N: number; NR: not reported. Percentage of all samples, age is presented in years (/median (range/IQR)/range). HRMS: high resolution melting- (HRM-) sequencing; HRMA/P: high resolution melting assay/pyrosequencing; PNAM/PCR and PNAM/PCR/S: peptide nucleic acid-mediated polymerase chain reaction/sequencing; IHC: immunohistochemistry; SS: Sanger sequencing.