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. 2018 Nov 2;119(10):1244–1251. doi: 10.1038/s41416-018-0230-7

Table 1.

Summary of patient characteristics

Feature CAIRO LUMC CAIRO2 AMC-AJCCII-90
No. of patients 504 270 472 76
Sample information TMA or slide TMA TMA TMA Whole slide
Core diameter 2 mm 0.6 mm 2 mm
Staining CK CK CK H&E
Age (years) 62.8 (41–78) 65.4 (39.3–86.4) 61.3 (40.3–76)
Sex F 181 135 197 40
M 322 135 275 36
Stage 1 0 43 0 0
2 0 99 0 76
3 0 75 0 0
4 504 50 472 0
Event status None 61 91 104 60
Yes 443 179 368 16
Treatment arma A 252 243
B 252 229
Mutational information
 MSI MSI-H 12 29 8 23
MSS/MSI-L 423 189 464 53
 KRAS/BRAF mut 174 218 31
wt 139 227 45
CMS classification
 CMS classifier IHC IHC IHC GeneExp
 CMS available 401 214 340 76
 Subtype CMS2/3 247 96 162 35
CMS4 142 89 170 15

TMA tissue microarray, CK pan-cytokeratin, H&E haematoxylin and eosin, MSI microsatellite instability, CMS Consensus Molecular Subtype

aTreatment arms: CAIRO—sequential (Arm A) versus combination (Arm B) capecitabine, irinotecan, and oxaliplatin. CAIRO2—capecitabine, oxaliplatin, and bevacizumab (Arm A) with cetuximab (Arm B)