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ArticleJournal of gastrointestinal cancer2018

Evaluation of Long-Term Outcomes of Microsatellite Instability Status in an Asian Cohort of Sporadic Colorectal Cancers.

Winson Jianhong Tan, Julie Liana Hamzah, Sanchalika Acharyya, Fung Joon Foo, Kiat Hon Lim, Iain Bee Huat Tan, Choong Leong Tang, Min Hoe Chew

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Winson Jianhong TanDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, 20 College Road, Academia, Singapore, 169856, Singapore. winson.tan.j.h@singhealth.com.sg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1628-3650
Julie Liana HamzahDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, 20 College Road, Academia, Singapore, 169856, Singapore.
Sanchalika AcharyyaCentre for Qualitative Medicine, DUKE NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.
Fung Joon FooDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, 20 College Road, Academia, Singapore, 169856, Singapore.
Kiat Hon LimDepartment of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
Iain Bee Huat TanDivision of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Choong Leong TangDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, 20 College Road, Academia, Singapore, 169856, Singapore.
Min Hoe ChewDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, 20 College Road, Academia, Singapore, 169856, Singapore.
Singapore General Hospital · SGDuke-NUS Medical School · SGNational Cancer Centre Singapore · SGSingHealth · SG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeMicrosatellite instability in colorectal cancer (CRC) and its long-term outcomes remains poorly studied in Asians. We investigate the prognostic significance of microsatellite instability in an Asian population and assess its clinical impact in patients who undergo adjuvant chemotherapy.

methodsSix hundred fifty-four consecutive CRC patients who underwent surgical resection between January 2010 and December 2012 were recruited. Survival was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier approach. Univariate Cox proportional hazard models were used to estimate the hazard ratios for variables associated with survival. A subgroup analyses was performed for stage III patients who underwent chemotherapy to evaluate the prognostic significance of microsatellite instability in this group.

resultsFive hundred ninety-one (90.4%) patients were microsatellite stable (MSS) while 63 (9.6%) were microsatellite instable (MSI). Three years recurrence-free survival (RFS) and disease-specific survival (DSS) were 83.7 versus 73.7% (p = 0.295) and 87.1 versus 91.2% (p = 0.307) in MSS and MSI tumors, respectively. Among stage III patients who received adjuvant therapy, MSI status was found to be an adverse prognostic factor for RFS (HR 2.74 (95% CI 1.43-5.26), p = 0.002). This remained significant on multivariate analysis (HR 2.38 (95% CI 1.15-4.93), p = 0.018). Adjuvant chemotherapy was associated with survival benefit for patients with MSS tumors (HR 0.35, 95% CI 0.17-0.69, p = 0.002) but not MSI tumors (HR 0.67, 95% CI 0.08-8.15, p = 0.750).

conclusionsMSI status is not a prognostic indicator in the general CRC population but appears to be an adverse prognostic indicator for RFS in stage III CRC patients who received adjuvant chemotherapy.

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Microsatellite InstabilityAgedAntineoplastic AgentsAsian PeopleChemotherapy, AdjuvantCohort StudiesColorectal NeoplasmsFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingPrognosisSingaporeSurvival AnalysisAntineoplastic AgentsAsianColorectal cancerMicrosatellite instabilityOutcomesPrognosis

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