PURPOSE: Many studies have evaluated the role of high levels of microsatellite instability (MSI) as a prognostic marker and predictor of the response to chemotherapy in colorectal cancer (CRC); however, the results are not conclusive. The aim of this study was to analyze the prognostic significance of high levels of MSI (MSI-H) in CRC patients in relation to fluorouracil-based chemotherapy.EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: In three different institutions, 1,263 patients with CRC were tested for the presence of MSI, and CRC-specific survival was then analyzed in relation to MSI status, chemotherapy, and other clinical and pathologic variables.RESULTS: Two hundred and fifty-six tumors were MSI-H (20.3%): these were more frequently at a less advanced stage, right-sided, poorly differentiated, with mucinous phenotype, and expansive growth pattern than microsatellite stable carcinomas. Univariate and multivariate analyses of 5-year-specific survival revealed stage, tumor location, grade of differentiation, MSI, gender, and age as significant prognostic factors. The prognostic advantage of MSI tumors was particularly evident in stages II and III in which chemotherapy did not significantly affect the survival of MSI-H patients. Finally, we analyzed survival in MSI-H patients in relation to the presence of mismatch repair gene mutations. MSI-H patients with hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer showed a better prognosis as compared with sporadic MSI-H; however, in multivariate analysis, this difference disappeared.CONCLUSIONS: The type of genomic instability could influence the prognosis of CRC, in particular in stages II and III. Fluorouracil-based chemotherapy does not seem to improve survival among MSI-H patients. The survival benefit for patients with hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer is mainly determined by younger age and less advanced stage as compared with sporadic MSI-H counterpart.

Microsatellite instability and colorectal cancer prognosis / Benatti, Piero; Gafà, R; Barana, D; Marino, M; Scarselli, A; Pedroni, Monica; Maestri, I; Guerzoni, L; Roncucci, Luca; Menigatti, M; Roncari, B; Maffei, S; Rossi, G; Ponti, Giovanni; Santini, A; Losi, Lorena; Di Gregorio, C; Oliani, C; PONZ DE LEON, Maurizio; Lanza, G.. - In: CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH. - ISSN 1078-0432. - STAMPA. - 11:(2005), pp. 8332-8340. [10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-05-1030]

Microsatellite instability and colorectal cancer prognosis.

BENATTI, Piero;PEDRONI, Monica;RONCUCCI, Luca;PONTI, Giovanni;LOSI, Lorena;PONZ DE LEON, Maurizio;
2005

Abstract

PURPOSE: Many studies have evaluated the role of high levels of microsatellite instability (MSI) as a prognostic marker and predictor of the response to chemotherapy in colorectal cancer (CRC); however, the results are not conclusive. The aim of this study was to analyze the prognostic significance of high levels of MSI (MSI-H) in CRC patients in relation to fluorouracil-based chemotherapy.EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: In three different institutions, 1,263 patients with CRC were tested for the presence of MSI, and CRC-specific survival was then analyzed in relation to MSI status, chemotherapy, and other clinical and pathologic variables.RESULTS: Two hundred and fifty-six tumors were MSI-H (20.3%): these were more frequently at a less advanced stage, right-sided, poorly differentiated, with mucinous phenotype, and expansive growth pattern than microsatellite stable carcinomas. Univariate and multivariate analyses of 5-year-specific survival revealed stage, tumor location, grade of differentiation, MSI, gender, and age as significant prognostic factors. The prognostic advantage of MSI tumors was particularly evident in stages II and III in which chemotherapy did not significantly affect the survival of MSI-H patients. Finally, we analyzed survival in MSI-H patients in relation to the presence of mismatch repair gene mutations. MSI-H patients with hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer showed a better prognosis as compared with sporadic MSI-H; however, in multivariate analysis, this difference disappeared.CONCLUSIONS: The type of genomic instability could influence the prognosis of CRC, in particular in stages II and III. Fluorouracil-based chemotherapy does not seem to improve survival among MSI-H patients. The survival benefit for patients with hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer is mainly determined by younger age and less advanced stage as compared with sporadic MSI-H counterpart.
2005
11
8332
8340
Microsatellite instability and colorectal cancer prognosis / Benatti, Piero; Gafà, R; Barana, D; Marino, M; Scarselli, A; Pedroni, Monica; Maestri, I; Guerzoni, L; Roncucci, Luca; Menigatti, M; Roncari, B; Maffei, S; Rossi, G; Ponti, Giovanni; Santini, A; Losi, Lorena; Di Gregorio, C; Oliani, C; PONZ DE LEON, Maurizio; Lanza, G.. - In: CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH. - ISSN 1078-0432. - STAMPA. - 11:(2005), pp. 8332-8340. [10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-05-1030]
Benatti, Piero; Gafà, R; Barana, D; Marino, M; Scarselli, A; Pedroni, Monica; Maestri, I; Guerzoni, L; Roncucci, Luca; Menigatti, M; Roncari, B; Maffei, S; Rossi, G; Ponti, Giovanni; Santini, A; Losi, Lorena; Di Gregorio, C; Oliani, C; PONZ DE LEON, Maurizio; Lanza, G.
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