Table 3.
Endometrial Cancer Characteristics
| Germline Testing Group
| |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LS (n = 17) | MMRD+/germline−(n = 12) | MMRD+/VUS (n = 3) | sporadic MSI-H (n = 15) | Total (n = 47) | p-value | ||||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Location | 0.0407 | ||||||||||
| Lower Uterine | 6 | 35.3 | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 21.3 | |
| Uterine Body | 11 | 64.7 | 9 | 75.0 | 2 | 66.7 | 15 | 100.0 | 37 | 78.7 | |
| Histology | 0.1112 | ||||||||||
| Endometrioid | 14 | 82.4 | 10 | 83.3 | 2 | 66.7 | 14 | 93.3 | 40 | 85.1 | |
| Serous | 1 | 5.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.1 | |
| Mixed high | 2 | 11.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6.7 | 3 | 6.4 | |
| Clear cell | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4.3 | |
| Papillary | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.1 | |
| Grade4 | 0.9867 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 3 | 20.0 | 2 | 18.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 13.3 | 7 | 16.3 | |
| 2 | 9 | 60.0 | 7 | 63.6 | 2 | 100.0 | 11 | 73.3 | 29 | 67.4 | |
| 3 | 3 | 20.0 | 2 | 18.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 13.3 | 7 | 16.3 | |
| Stage | 0.2890 | ||||||||||
| I | 7 | 53.8 | 5 | 55.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 61.5 | 20 | 52.6 | |
| II | 2 | 15.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 66.7 | 2 | 15.4 | 6 | 15.8 | |
| III | 3 | 23.1 | 4 | 44.4 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 15.4 | 10 | 26.3 | |
| IV | 1 | 7.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7.7 | 2 | 5.3 | |
| IHC a (staining absent) | 0.0002 | ||||||||||
| MLH1&PMS2* | 3 | 17.6 | 7 | 58.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 15 | 100.0 | 26 | 55.3 | |
| MSH2 & MSH6* | 10 | 58.8 | 4 | 33.3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 34.0 | |
| PMS2 | 1 | 5.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.1 | |
| MSH6 | 2 | 11.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4.3 | |
| No loss staining | 1 | 5.9 | 1 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4.3 | |
| MSI | 0.8603 | ||||||||||
| High | 9 | 90.0 | 8 | 88.9 | 3 | 100.0 | 11 | 91.7 | 31 | 91.2 | |
| Low | 1 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8.3 | 2 | 5.9 | |
| MSS | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.9 | |
There were 3 individuals overall (1 LS, 1 MMRD+/germline−, 1 sporadic MSI-H) who had staining performed for MLH1 only before staining for PMS2 was available. These individuals have been added to the statistics for MLH1&PMS2, as they likely would have stained negative for PMS2 if it had been available.
Significant pairwise comparisons (alpha < 0.008):
LS vs. Sporadic MSI-H