Low Level of Microsatellite Instability Correlates with Poor Clinical Prognosis in Stage II Colorectal Cancer Patients

Table 1

Clinicopathologic characteristics of patients enrolled in this study.

Variable		Total ()
No patients		158
Gender	Female	82
	Male	76
Location of tumor	Colon	92
	Rectum	66
Differentiation	Well	64
	Moderately	51
	Poorly	39
TNM stage	I	21
	II	73
	III	57
	IV	7
MSI status	MSI-H	35
	MSL	21
	MSS	102
Family history	No	88
	Yes	70
	One or more FDR with CRC or adenoma	28
	One or more SDR with CRC or adenoma	17
	One or more SDR with HNPCC related cancers	25
Adjuvant therapy	Yes	39
	No	119
Vital status	Alive	141
	Deceased	17
Age of diagnosis	<50	89
	>50	69
Metastases	No	129
	Yes	29
Metastases location	Liver	14
	Ovary	6
	Other	9

No history of CRC, adenoma, or HNPCC related cancers.