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. 2024 Apr 14;29(7):953–963. doi: 10.1007/s10147-024-02518-y

Table 1.

Summary of molecular characteristics in MMR-D tumors

Type of tumor Pattern of MMR-D MLH1-methylated MMR-D among all MMR-D cases MLH1-unmethylated MMR-D among all MMR-D cases Type of MLH1-unmethylated MMR-D
MMR-D (%) Loss of MLH1/PMS2 among all MMR-D cases Loss of MSH2/MSH6 among all MMR-D cases Loss of MSH6 among all MMR-D cases Loss of PMS2 among all MMR-D cases LS (A%, B%, C%) LLS (A%, B%, C%) Germline VUS (A%, B%, C%) N.A (genetic testing not performed) (A%, B%, C%)
CRC 4.9 (61/1234) 52 (85.2) 6 (9.8) 3 (4.9) 0 (0) 50 (82.0) 11 (18.0) 9 (81.8%, 14.8%, 0.7%) 2 (18.2%, 3.3%, 0.2%) 0 0
GC 11.3 (58/513) 57 (98.3)a 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (1.7) 55 (94.8) 3 (5.2) 1 (33.3%, 1.7%, 0.2%) 2 (66.7%, 3.4%, 0.4%) 0 0
SBC 6.7 (2/30) 0 (0) 2 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (100) 1 (50.0%, 50.0%, 2.9%) 1 (50.0%, 50.0%, 2.9%) 0 0
EC 17.2 (68/395) 53 (77.9) 11 (16.2)b 3 (4.4) 1(1.5) 51 (75.0) 17 (25.0) 5 (29.4%, 7.4%, 1.3%) 7 (41.2%, 10.3%, 1.8%) 2 (11.8%, 2.9%, 0.5%) 3 (17.6%, 4.4%, 0.8%)
OC 1.0 (3/305) 2 (66.7) 1 (33.3) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (66.7) 1 (33.3) 0 1 (100%, 33.3%, 0.3%) 0 0
UUTC 2.4 (4/164) 0 (0) 3 (75.0) 1 (25.0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (100) 4 (100%, 100%, 2.4%) 0 0 0
UBC 1.5 (9/618) 3 (33.3) 1 (11.1) 2 (22.2) 3 (33.3) 0 (0) 8 (88.9) 3 (37.5%, 33.3%, 0.5%) 0 1 (12.5%, 11.1%, 0.2%) 4 (50.0%, 44.4%, 0.6%)
PC 1.2 (4/337) 0 (0) 4 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (100) 0 2 (50.0%, 50.0%, 0.6%) 0 2 (50.0%, 50.0%, 0.6%)
ST 38.5 (5/13) 1 (20.0) 4 (80.0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (20.0) 4 (80.0) 1 (25.0%, 20.0,% 7.7%) 3 (75.0%, 60.0%, 23.1%) 0 0
Total 5.9 (214/3395)

A%: Proportion among MLH1-unmethylated cases

B%:Proportion among MMR-D cases

C%: Proportion among all cases

ST sebaceous tumor, OC ovarian cancer, CRC colorectal cancer, EC endometrial cancer, SBC small-bowel cancer, GC gastric cancer, PC prostatic cancer, UUTC upper urinary tract cancer, UBC urinary bladder cancer, MMR-D loss of expression of at least one MMR protein

aLoss of MLH1/PMS2/MSH6 was categorized as loss of MLH1/PMS2

bLoss of isolated MSH2 were categorized as loss of MSH2/MSH6