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Table 1 Characteristics of the included studies

From: Is microsatellite instability-high really a favorable prognostic factor for advanced colorectal cancer? A meta-analysis

Author

Country

Year

Study design

Stage

Total no.

MSI-H

MSS

MSI determination

Survival information

Chemotherapy

Alex, A.K [12]

Brazil

2017

Non-RCT

IV

126

42

84

IHC + PCR

OS

Oxaliplatin-based

Bertagnolli [10]

USA

2009

RCT

III

702

96

606

IHC + PCR

OS, DFS

FU/LV/IFL

Chouhan [13]

Australia

2018

Non-RCT

III

686

95

591

IHC + PCR

CSS

NA

des Guetz [14]

France

2007

Non-RCT

IV

40

9

31

PCR

OS

FOLFOX

Drucker [15]

Canada

2013

Non-RCT

III

159

18

141

IHC + PCR

OS, DFS

FOLFOX/capecitabine

Elsaleh [16]

Australia

2001

Non-RCT

III

732

63

669

PCR

OS

5-FU/levamisole

Fujiyoshi [17]

Japan

2017

Non-RCT

IV

401

15

386

PCR

OS

NA

Guidoboni [7]

Italy

2001

Non-RCT

III

54

20

34

PCR

OS

5-FU

Hemminki [18]

Finland

2000

Non-RCT

III

95

11

84

PCR

OS, DFS

5-FU-based

Jover [19]

Spain

2006

Non-RCT

III

209

18

191

IHC + PCR

OS, DFS

5-FU-based

Jung [20]

Korea

2016

Non-RCT

III

60

19

41

PCR

CSS

NA

Kim, C.G [21].

Korea

2016

Non-RCT

III

2940

261

2679

PCR

OS, DFS

5-FU/LV/FOLFOX

Kim, J.E [22].

Korea

2011

Non-RCT

IV

197

23

174

IHC + PCR

OS, DFS

FOLFIRI/XELIRI

Kim, J.E [23].

Korea

2017

Non-RCT

III and IV

795

73

722

PCR

OS, DFS

FOLFOX

Kim, S.H [24].

Korea

2013

Non-RCT

III

394

26

368

PCR

DFS

FOLFOX

Klingbiel, D [6].

Switzerland

2015

RCT

III

859

104

755

PCR

OS, DFS

5-FU/LV/FOLFIRI

Li, P [25].

China

2017

Non-RCT

III and IV

599

54

545

IHC

OS, DFS

FOLFOX/XELOX

Liu [26]

China

2018

Non-RCT

IV

461

30

431

IHC + PCR

OS, DFS

NA

Ma, J [27].

China

2015

Non-RCT

IV

184

34

150

IHC

OS, PFS

FOLFIRI/irinotecan

Malesci, A [28].

Italy

2007

Non-RCT

III

264

27

237

PCR

DSS

5-FU

Mohan, H.M [29].

Ireland

2016

Non-RCT

III

320

32

288

IHC + PCR

OS, DSS

NA

Nopel-Dunnebacke [30]

Germany

2014

RCT

IV

204

14

190

IHC + PCR

OS, PFS

CAPOX/FUFOX

Nordholm-Carstensen [31]

Denmark

2015

RCT

IV

935

75

860

IHC

OS

NA

Oh, S.Y [32].

Korea

2013

Non-RCT

III

127

16

111

PCR

OS, DFS

FOLFOX

Sasaki, Y [33].

Japan

2016

RCT

III

304

23

281

IHC

OS, RFS

UFT

Sinicrope, F. A [34]

USA

2011

RCT

III

1363

180

1183

IHC + PCR

OS, DFS

5-FU-based

Sinicrope, F.A [35].

USA

2013

RCT

III

2580

314

2266

IHC + PCR

DFS

FOLFOX-based

Taieb, J [36].

France

2016

RCT

III

1791

177

1614

IHC + PCR

OS, DFS

FOLFOX ± cetuximab

Tan, W. J [37].

Singapore

2018

Non-RCT

III

299

27

272

IHC

DSS, RFS

5FU/capecitabine ± oxaliplatin

Tran, B [38].

Australia

2011

Non-RCT

IV

350

40

310

IHC + PCR

OS

NA

Venderbosch, S [8].

Netherlands

2014

RCT

III

3063

153

2910

IHC

OS, PFS

NA

Watanbe [39]

USA

2000

Non-RCT

III

229

73

156

PCR

OS, DFS

5-FU–based

Westra, J. L. [40]

UK

2005

RCT

III

273

229

44

PCR

DFS

5-FU–based

Wright, C.M [41].

Australia

2000

Non-RCT

III

238

21

217

PCR

OS

NA

Zaanan, A [42].

France

2010

Non-RCT

III

233

32

201

IHC + PCR

DFS

FOLFOX

Zaanan, A [43].

France

2011

Non-RCT

III

303

34

269

IHC + PCR

OS, DFS

FOLFOX

  1. MSI-H microsatellite instability-high, MSS microsatellite stable, RCT randomized controlled trial, IHC immunohistochemistry, PCR polymerase chain reaction, OS overall survival, DFS disease-free survival, DSS disease-specific survival, CSS cancer-specific survival, RFS recurrence-free survival, FU fluorouracil, LV leucovorin, IFL irinotecan + fluorouracil + leucovorin, 5-FU 5-fluorouracil, FOLFOX 5-fluorouracil + leucovorin + oxaliplatin, FOLFIRI 5-fluorouracil + irinotecan + leucovorin, XELOX xeloda + oxaliplatin, CAPOX capecitabine + oxaliplatin, FUFOX fluorouracil + fludarabine + oxaliplatin, UFT tegafur