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. 2021 May 4;26(7):e1161–e1170. doi: 10.1002/onco.13786

Table 2.

Comparison of clinic‐pathologic features among patients with colorectal cancer with different MSS and HER2 mutation status

Clinic‐pathologic features HER2 mutation MSI‐H without HER2 alteration (n = 2), n (%) p value a P value b
MSS (n = 15), n (%) MSI‐H (n = 14), n (%)
Sex
Female 9 (60.0) 3 (21.4) 7 (29.2)
Male 6 (40.0) 11 (78.6) 17 (70.8) .035 .60
Age, yr
Median 56 47 42
Mean ± SD 52.5 ± 13.9 44.7 ± 14.9 42.8 ± 14.7 .048 .71
Family history
Yes 3 (20.0) 8 (57.1) 12 (50.0)
No 12 (80.0) 6 (42.9) 12 (50.0) .039 .67
Location
Right‐sided 4 (26.7) 6 (42.9) 11 (45.8)
Left‐sided 6 (40.0) 6 (42.9) 7 (29.2)
Rectum 5 (33.3) 2 (14.2) 6 (25.0) .44 .61
Grade
Moderate + high differentiated 10 (66.7) 7 (50.0) 11 (45.8)
Poorly + undifferentiated 5 (33.3) 7 (50.0) 13 (54.2) .36 .80
RAS
Wild type 8 (53.3) 7 (50.0) 11 (45.8)
Mutation 7 (46.7) 7 (50.0) 13 (54.2) .86 .80
TMB
Median 8.16 73.9 77.28
Mean ± SD 9.9 ± 4.7 99.3 ± 85.2 103.7 ± 114.8 .0002 .90
TNM stage
0 0 (0) 1 (7.1) 5 (20.8)
I 1 (6.7) 0 (0) 1 (4.2)
II 0 (0) 2 (14.3) 6 (25.0)
III 6 (40.0) 3 (21.4) 4 (16.7)
IV 8 (53.3) 8 (57.1) 8 (33.3) .29 .49
Metastatic sites n = 14 n = 10 n = 11
Liver 6 (42.9) 4 (40.0) 4 (36.4) .89 .86
Lung 6 (42.9) 0 (0) 2 (18.2) .017 .16
Distant lymph nodes 5 (35.7) 5 (50.0) 4 (36.4) .48 .53
Peritoneum 7 (50.0) 3 (30.0) 6 (54.5) .33 .26
a

p comparison between MSI‐H group and MSS‐HER2 mutated group.

b

p comparison between MSS‐HER2 mutated group and HER2 amplification group.

Abbreviations: HER2, human epidermal growth factor receptor‐2; MSI‐H, microsatellite instability high; MSS, microsatellite stability; RAS, rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog; TMB, tumor mutation burden; TNM, tumor‐node‐metastasis.