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[Cancer Research 62, 6011-6014, November 1, 2002]
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Morphological and Molecular Heterogeneity within Nonmicrosatellite Instability-High Colorectal Cancer1

Vicki L. J. Whitehall2, Coral V. A. Wynter, Michael D. Walsh, Lisa A. Simms, David Purdie, Nirmala Pandeya, Joanne Young, Stephen J. Meltzer, Barbara A. Leggett and Jeremy R. Jass

Conjoint Gastroenterology Laboratory, Clinical Research Centre, Royal Brisbane Hospital Research Foundation, Queensland 4029, Australia [V. L. J. W., C. V. A. W., M. D. W., L. A. S., J. Y., B. A. L.]; Division of Population Studies and Human Genetics, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Queensland, Australia 4029 [D. P., N. P.]; University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 [S. J. M.]; and Department of Pathology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 4006 [J. R. J.]

Colorectal cancer (CRC) has traditionally been classified into two groups: microsatellite stable/low-level instability (MSS/MSI-L) and high-level MSI (MSI-H) groups on the basis of multiple molecular and clinicopathologic criteria. Using methylated in tumor (MINT) markers 1, 2, 12, and 31, we stratified 77 primary CRCs into three groups: MINT++ (>2), MINT+ (1–2), and MINT- (0 markers methylated). The MSS/MSI-L/MINT++ group was indistinguishable from the MSI-H/MINT++ group with respect to methylation of p16INK4a, p14ARF, and RIZ1, and multiple morphological features. The only significant difference between MSI-H and non-MSI-H MINT++ cancers was the higher frequency of K-ras mutation (P < 0.004) and lower frequency of hMLH1 methylation (P < 0.001) in the latter. These data demonstrate that the separation of CRC into two nonoverlapping groups (MSI-H versus MSS/MSI-L) is a misleading oversimplification.




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