Table 1

Prevalence of mismatch repair (MMR) deficiency and immunohistochemical staining patterns in resected and biopsied adenocarcinoma samples

Immunohistochemistry resultsResections
N (%)
Biopsies
N (%)
MMR proficient243 (73.2)58 (85.3)
MMR deficiency—complete tumour74 (22.3)3 (4.4)
 MLH1/PMS2423
 PMS2 only70
 MSH2/MSH6190
 MSH6 only60
Subclonal MMR deficiency7 (2.1)0 (0)
 MLH1/PMS24
 MSH6 only1
 All four deficient2
No tumour, excluded from further analysis8 (2.4)7 (10.3)
Total 33268