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Table 4 Summary of genetic alterations in Vietnamese and Japanese CRCs

From: Differences in K-rasand mitochondrial DNA mutations and microsatellite instability between colorectal cancers of Vietnamese and Japanese patients

Genetic alteration

Vietnamese CRCs

Japanese CRCs

p-value

K-ras mutation, present

8/24 (33%)

5/45 (11%)

0.048

MSI-H, present

6/27 (22%)

10/130 (8%)

0.030

mtDNA mutation, present

19/44 (43%)

11/133 (8%)

<0.001

  1. CRCs, colorectal cancers; MSI-H, high-frequency microsatellite instability; mtDNA, mitochondrial DNA.