Research Article
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 | ā | Total () |
| No patients | ā | 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 |
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No history of CRC, adenoma, or HNPCC related cancers.
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