Clinicopathological features of sporadic MSI colorectal cancer and Lynch syndrome: a single-center retrospective cohort study

Autor: Tatsuro Yamaguchi, Yujiro Nakayama, Ekumi Kojika, Shinichiro Horiguchi, Tsunekazu Hishima, Koichi Koizumi, Akinari Takao, Takuhiko Inokuchi, Misato Takao, Takeru Iijima
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: International journal of clinical oncology. 26(10)
ISSN: 1437-7772
Popis: The clinical and pathological features of sporadic microsatellite instability-high (MSI) colorectal cancer (CRC) are still unclear. The present study aimed to clarify the clinicopathological features of sporadic MSI CRC in comparison with those of Lynch syndrome (LS) exploratorily. The present study was a single-center, retrospective cohort study. Sporadic MSI CRC was defined as MSI CRC with aberrant promoter hypermethylation of the MLH1 gene, while hereditary MSI CRC was defined colorectal cancer in patients with LS. In total, 2653 patients were enrolled; of these, 120 (4.5%) had MSI CRC, 98 had sporadic MSI CRC, and 22 had LS. Patients with sporadic MSI CRC were significantly older (p
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