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. 2025 Feb 25;74(4):111. doi: 10.1007/s00262-025-03964-x

Table 2.

Associations between SATB2 expression and clinicopathological parameters in colorectal cancers

Characteristic Cohort 1 Cohort 2
Total N High Low Negative p Total N High Low Negative p
All cases 1329 (100%) 1009 (76%) 265 (20%) 55 (4%) 973 (100%) 647 (67%) 206 (21%) 120 (12%)
Sex
Female 618 (47%) 451 (%) 131 (%) 36 (%)  0.006 425 (44%) 272 (42%) 99 (48%) 54 (45%)  0.302
Male 711 (54%) 558 (%) 134 (%) 19 (%) 548 (56%) 375 (58%) 107 (52%) 66 (55%)
Age (years)
<65 395 (30%) 299 (30%) 79 (30%) 17 (31%)  0.497 330 (34%) 216 (33%) 73 (35%) 41 (34%)  0.827
65–75 454 (34%) 357 (35%) 81 (31%) 16 (29%) 356 (37%) 240 (37%) 69 (34%) 47 (39%)
>75 480 (36%) 353 (35%) 105 (40%) 22 (40%) 287 (29%) 191 (30%) 64 (31%) 32 (27%)
Tumor location
Proximal colon 532 (40%) 352 (35%) 139 (53%) 41 (75%)  <0.001 321 (33%) 179 (28%) 81 (39%) 61 (51%)  <0.001
Distal colon 399 (30%) 338 (34%) 55 (21%) 6 (11%) 205 (21%) 146 (23%) 43 (21%) 16 (13%)
Rectum 398 (30%) 319 (32%) 71 (27%) 8 (15%) 447 (46%) 322 (50%) 82 (40%) 43 (36%)
Preoperative RT/CRT

No

Yes

1091 (82%)

239 (18%)

822 (82%)

187 (18%)

217 (82%)

49 (18%)

52 (95%)

3 (5%)

759 (78%)

214 (22%)

496 (77%)

151 (23%)

164 (80%)

42 (20%)

99 (83%)

21 (17%)

0.301
AJCC disease stage
I 246 (19%) 212 (21%) 27 (10%) 6 (11%)  <0.001 213 (22%) 155 (24%) 40 (19%) 18 (15%)  0.156
II 485 (37%) 375 (37%) 90 (34%) 21 (38%) 306 (31%) 201 (31%) 64 (31%) 41 (34%)
III 425 (32%) 306 (30%) 102 (39%) 17 (31%) 346 (36%) 229 (35%) 75 (36%) 42 (35%)
IV 173 (13%) 116 (12%) 46 (17%) 11 (20%) 108 (11%) 62 (10%) 27 (13%) 19 (16%)
Tumor grade
Low-grade 1106 (83%) 896 (89%) 181 (68%) 29 (53%)  <0.001 829 (85%) 594 (92%) 153 (74%) 82 (68%)  <0.001
High-grade 223 (17%) 113 (11%) 84 (32%) 26 (47%) 144 (15%) 53 (8%) 53 (26%) 38 (32%)
Lymphovascular invasion
No 1043 (79%) 813 (81%) 187 (71%) 43 (78%)  0.002 509 (52%) 356 (55%) 102 (50%) 51 (43%)  0.028
Yes 286 (22%) 196 (19%) 78 (29%) 12 (22%) 464 (48%) 291 (45%) 104 (51%) 69 (58%)
MMR status
pMMR 1160 (87%) 913 (90%) 209 (79%) 38 (69%)  <0.001 847 (87%) 597 (92%) 164 (80%) 86 (72%)  <0.001
dMMR 169 (13%) 96 (10%) 56 (21%) 17 (31%) 126 (13%) 50 (8%) 42 (20%) 34 (28%)
BRAF status
Wild-type 1140 (86%) 911 (91%) 189 (71%) 40 (73%)  <0.001 862 (89%) 610 (94%) 163 (79%) 89 (74%)  <0.001
Mutant 187 (4%) 96 (10%) 76 (29%) 15 (27%) 111 (11%) 37 (6%) 43 (21%) 31 (26%)

Abbreviations: AJCC, The American Joint Committee on Cancer; RT/CRT, radiotherapy/chemoradiotherapy; MMR, mismatch repair; pMMR, mismatch repair proficient; and dMMR, mismatch repair deficient