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ArticleModern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc2017

Mapping clinicopathological entities within colorectal mucinous adenocarcinomas: a hierarchical clustering approach.

Charly Liddell, Laure Droy-Dupré, Sylvie Métairie, Fabrice Airaud, Christelle Volteau, Stéphane Bezieau, Christian L Laboisse, Jean-François Mosnier

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Article in Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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  1. Rethinking mucinous colorectal adenocarcinoma classification: evidence from histopathology and RAS mutations.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Charly LiddellDepartment of Pathology, Hôtel Dieu, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire of Nantes, Nantes, France.
Laure Droy-DupréDepartment of Pathology, Hôtel Dieu, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire of Nantes, Nantes, France.
Sylvie MétairieDepartment of Digestive Surgery, Hôtel Dieu, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire of Nantes, Nantes, France.
Fabrice AiraudDepartment of Genetics, Hôtel Dieu, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire of Nantes, Nantes, France.
Christelle VolteauDepartment of Biostatistics, Hôtel Dieu, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire of Nantes, Nantes, France.
Stéphane BezieauDepartment of Genetics, Hôtel Dieu, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire of Nantes, Nantes, France.
Christian L LaboisseDepartment of Pathology, Hôtel Dieu, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire of Nantes, Nantes, France.
Jean-François MosnierDepartment of Pathology, Hôtel Dieu, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire of Nantes, Nantes, France.
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes · FR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to interrogate the heterogeneity of colorectal mucinous adenocarcinomas. This study is based on hierarchical clustering approach combining clinicopathological and molecular patterns known to be relevant to oncogenesis and therapeutic management of patients with colorectal carcinoma, ie, microsatellite instability, O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) status, KRAS, and BRAF mutations and wnt signaling pathway activation. Comparison of the study group of 60 mucinous adenocarcinomas defined according to World Health Organization classification with control group of 136 colorectal adenocarcinomas successively removed shows higher frequency of BRAF and KRAS mutations and microsatellite instability-high status and lower frequency of wnt signaling pathway activation in mucinous adenocarcinomas. Hierarchical clustering isolated three relevant clusters: (i) cluster of microsatellite stable mucinous adenocarcinomas (54%) with KRAS mutation, and frequent MGMT changes, more frequently located in the left colon, often associated with contiguous precursor adenoma; (ii) cluster of BRAF-mutated mucinous adenocarcinomas (28%) with either microsatellite instability-high or microsatellite stable status, occurring in elderly female patients, nearly all located in the right colon, having the signature of serrated pathway of carcinomas; and (iii) a heterogeneous cluster of microsatellite instability-high mucinous carcinomas (18%), including inherited colorectal carcinomas, displaying a high-grade histological pattern. Age, TNM stage, and BRAF mutation had prognostic value. Hierarchical clustering analysis led to the identification of several clinicopathological entities of colorectal mucinous adenocarcinomas with epidemiologic, prognostic, and therapy relevance. Both KRAS and BRAF mutations appear as drivers in the alternate oncogenetic pathways governing the development of sporadic colorectal mucinous adenocarcinomas.

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AdenocarcinomaAdenocarcinoma, MucinousAdultAgedCluster AnalysisColorectal NeoplasmsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMutationProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafProto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)BRAF protein, humanKRAS protein, humanProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafProto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)

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