Observational studyAsian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP2021
Microsatellite Instability in Sporadic Colorectal Malignancy: A Pilot Study from Northern India.
Observational study in Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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backgroundThree molecular pathways are described as the genetic basis of colorectal tumorigenesis. Among these, microsatellite instability (MSI) has shown greatest promise in serving as a biomarker to determine disease aggression by tumour biology, recurrence, and response to chemotherapy. METHODOLOGY: This prospective observational pilot study included patients of colorectal cancers, in a population subset coming to a tertiary care hospital in northern India, who were operated with curative or palliative intent over a period of one year and followed up for a maximum of 55 months. The post-operative pathological assessment was done for MSI status using PCR technique, and an attempt was made to evaluate its correlation with conventional clinical and histological parameters, early recurrences, disease-free survival and overall survival in comparison to MSS type tumours in sporadic cases of colorectal malignancies.
resultsOut of 38 patients of colorectal cancer, 26 were included in the study. Male to female ratio was 7:6 (n=14:12). Mean age of presentation was 48±14.2 years. Incidence of MSI was n=4 (15.4%). On subgroup analysis, age of presentation (p=0.044) and evidence of perineural invasion (p=0.017) was found to have significant statistical association with MSI tumour biology. Recurrence was seen in seven of the seventeen patients who previously had no synchronous or metastatic disease (41.2%). The mean disease-free survival for MSS was 21.32 months and was 25.25 months for MSI group which was statistically insignificant (p = 0.277). Out of four MSI tumour biology patients one was alive and without recurrence at 47 months. While the other two were alive and without recurrence till 27 months of follow-up. Conclusion: Age and perineural invasion showed statistically significant association with MSI tumour biology. Due to the small sample size statistical significance was not established with site, recurrence rate, DFS and OS.
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