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Table 1 Main clinico-pathologic characteristics of CRCs

From: Aberrant DNA methylation profiles of inherited and sporadic colorectal cancer

 

LS-MSI

S-MSI

S-MSS

EO-MSS

 

No. of tumors/totala (%)

Age

    

- Mean, years

47.1

70.5

69.5

35.4

- Range, years

30–78

41–88

41–91

24–40

Gender

    

- Female

33/71 (47)

10/28 (36)

41/94 (44)

7/23 (30)

- Male

38/71 (53)

18/28 (64)

53/94 (56)

16/23 (70)

Site

    

- Proximal colon

36/52 (69)

26/28 (93)

27/98 (28)

3/23 (13)

- Distal colon

16/52 (31)

2/28 (7)

71/98 (72)

20/23 (87)

Histological type

    

- Mucinous

21/67 (31)

18/28 (64)

7/98 (7)

3/23 (13)

- Medullary

8/67 (12)

8/28 (29)

0/98 (0)

0/23 (0)

- Signet ring cell

8/67 (12)

4/28 (15)

4/98 (4)

0/23 (0)

Tumor grade

    

- G1, G2

30/62 (48)

13/28 (46)

83/98 (85)

20/23 (87)

- G3

32/62 (52)

15/28 (54)

15/98 (15)

3/23 (13)

TNM stage

    

- I–II

48/67 (72)

18/25 (72)

38/93 (41)

8/22 (36)

- III–IV

19/67 (28)

7/25 (28)

55/93 (59)

14/22 (64)

Follow-up

    

- Alive

39/53 (74)

22/26 (85)

50/94 (53)

15/23 (68)

- Died of disease

14/53 (26)

4/26 (15)

44/94 (47)

7/23 (32)

  1. LS-MSI lynch syndrome CRC, S-MSI sporadic MSI CRC, S-MSS sporadic MSS CRC, EO-MSS early onset CRC
  2. aClinico-pathological characteristics are not available for all cases in each subset