Research Article

Prognostic Impact of Tumor Budding on Moroccan Colon Cancer Patients

Table 6

Association between tumor budding and molecular biomarkers.

VariablesLow-grade tumor buddingHigh-grade tumor budding value

MSI status0.005
 MSS42 (70.0%)37 (92.5%)
 MSI18 (30.0%)3 (7.5%)
KRAS status
 Mutant14 (23.3%)17 (42.5%)0.02
 Wild-type46 (76.7%)23 (57.5%)
KRAS codon types
 Codon 127 (50%)12 (70.6%)0.05
 Codon 135 (35.7%)4 (23.5%)
 Codon 1462 (14.3%)1 (5.9%)
KRAS codon 12 variants
 G12D1 (14.3%)10 (83.3%)0.007
 G12C2 (28.6%)2 (16.7%)
 G12V2 (28.6%)0 (0.0%)
 G12A1 (14.3%)0 (0.0%)
 G12R1 (14.3%)0 (0.0%)
KRAS codon 13 variants
 G13D4 (80%)4 (100%)0.3
 G13V1 (20%)0 (0.0%)
NRAS gene status0.4
 Mutant1 (1.7%)1 (2.5%)
 Wild-type59 (98.3%)59 (97.5%)