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. 2015 Mar 14;15:125. doi: 10.1186/s12885-015-1144-x

Table 4.

The prognostic associations of KRAS mutation, BRAF mutation and MSI in right versus left colon in 121 patients with colon cancer

Diseasestage II and III All
Recurrence No recurrence Odds ratio (95% Confidence interval) P Disseminated¥ Non-disseminatedβ Odds ratio (95% Confidence interval) P
Rightcolon
 MSI 5 12 0,40 (0,12-1,31) 0,158 6 12 0,31 (0,10-0,95) 0.055
 MSS 22 21 34 21
Leftcolon
 MSI 0 5 * 0,057 1 5 0,11 (0,01-1,04) 0.069
 MSS 15 15 27 15
Rightcolon
BRAFmutation 6 14 0,38 (0,12-1,21) 0,168 10 14 0,45 (0,17-1,22) 0.138
BRAFwildtype 21 19 30 19
Leftcolon
BRAFmutation 0 4 * 0,119 0 4 0.025
BRAFwildtype 15 16 28 16 *
Rightcolon
BRAF/MSIpresent 7 16 0,37 (0,12-1,12) 0,110 11 16 0,40 (0,15-1,07) 0.089
BRAF/MSI absent 20 17 29 17
Leftcolon
BRAF/MSIpresent 0 6 * 0,024 1 6 0,09 (0,01-0,79) 0.015
BRAF/MSI absent 15 14 27 14
Rightcolon
KRASmutation 13 10 2,13 (0,74-6,16) 0,157 20 10 2,3 (0,87-6,05) 0.089
KRASwildtype 14 23 20 23
Leftcolon
KRASmutation 5 4 2,00 (0,43-9,27) 0,451 14 4 4,00 (1,07-15,01) 0.041
KRASwildtype 10 16 14 16

βNon-disseminated: Disease stage II and III without recurrence; ¥Disseminated: Disease stage II and III with recurrence and stage IV. *Not able to calculate OR because of 0 in one grupp.