Table 2 Comparison of mutation profiles in microsatellite instability-high cases with discordant versus concordant immunohistochemical mismatch repair protein expression results.

From: Retained mismatch repair protein expression occurs in approximately 6% of microsatellite instability-high cancers and is associated with missense mutations in mismatch repair genes

Number of cases with MMR gene mutations

Discordant MMR IHC

Concordant MMR IHC

P value

Pathogenic somatic missense mutations

16

6

0.02

Pathogenic germline missense mutations

9

1

0.01

Total cases with pathogenic missense mutations

25

7

0.0001

Truncating germline mutations

7

4

0.51

Truncating somatic mutations

20

18

0.64

Total cases with truncating mutations

27

22

0.2

  1. MMR mismatch repair, IHC immunohistochemistry