Research Article

RNF43 Mutations in IPMN Cases: A Potential Prognostic Factor

Table 5

Correlation between clinicopathological features and KRAS/GNAS/RNF43 mutation status in IPMN patients.

Clinicopathological featuresKRASGNASRNF43
Wild typeMutatedMutated/total (%) valueWild typeMutatedMutated/total (%) valueWild typeMutatedMutated/total (%) value

No. of patients263535/61 (57)214040/61 (66)5655/61 (8)
Age (mean, years)62.363.60.62559.165.10.042☆¶63.162.80.952
Sex
 Male172222/39 (56)0.839122727/39 (69)0.4233544/39 (10)0.645
 Female91313/22 (59)91313/22 (59)2111/22 (5)
Pancreatitis
 Yes81313/21 (62)0.60471414/21 (67)0.8962100/21 (0)0.154
 No182222/40 (55)142626/40 (65)3555/40 (13)
Size (cm)
 ≤3121212/24 (50)0.37681616/24 (67)0.6612222/24 (8)1.000
 >3-≤581717/25 (68)101515/25 (60)2322/23 (9)
 >5666/12 (50)399/12 (75)1111/12 (8)
Location
 Head192525/44 (57)0.692162828/44 (64)0.9074044/44 (9)0.263
 Body and tail488/12 (67)488/12 (67)1200/12 (0)
 Both322/5 (40)144/5 (80)411/5 (20)
Imaging classification
 Main duct171919/36 (53)0.605152121/36 (58)0.3163422/36 (6)0.335
 Branch duct699/15 (60)31212/15 (80)1411/15 (7)
 Both377/10 (70)377/10 (70)822/10 (20)
Subtype
 Gastric477/11 (64)0.261566/11 (55)<0.001△¶1100/11 (0)0.728
 Intestinal101919/29 (66)22727/29 (93)2544/29 (14)
 Pancreatobiliary888/16 (50)977/16 (44)1511/16 (6)
 Oncocytic411/5 (20)500/5 (0)500/5 (0)
Dysplasia
 Low111313/24 (54)0.53271717/24 (71)0.8192400/24 (0)0.092
 High544/9 (44)366/9 (67)722/9 (22)
Infiltration
 Yes101818/28 (64)0.315111717/28 (61)0.7032533/28 (11)0.421
 No161717/33 (52)102323/33 (63)3122/33 (6)
Differentiation of invasive carcinoma
 High799/16 (56)0.33931313/16 (81)0.0541333/16 (19)0.464
 Intermediate177/8 (87.5)533/8 (38)800/8 (0)
 Low222/4 (50)311/4 (25)400/4 (0)
Extent of invasive carcinoma
 Intrapancreatic488/12 (67)0.589399/12 (75)0.2951111/12 (8)0.824
 Extrapancreatic61010/16 (63)888/16 (50)1422/16 (13)
Nerve invasion
 Yes066/6 (100)0.082511/6 (17)0.029△¶600/6 (0)0.637
 No101212/22 (55)61616/22 (73)1933/22 (14)
Lymph node metastasis
 Yes233/5 (60)1.000322/5 (40)0.505500/5 (0)0.770
 No81616/24 (67)81616/24 (67)2133/24 (13)
Correlation between status of KRAS and GNAS0.979
Correlation between status of KRAS and RNF430.641
Correlation between status of GNAS and RNF430.111

-test. Chi-square test. Fisher’s exact test. Statistically significant ().