Table 3

Characteristics of the included studies, ordered by number of patients

StudyDesign POLE seqMSIMMR IHC TP53 seqp53 IHCPatients (n)Type of ECPatient NStage I–II
n (%)
Endometrioid
n (%)
Multiple-classifier
n (%)
MMRd-p53abn
n (%)
POLEmut-p53abn
n (%)
POLE-MMRd
n (%)
Triple positive
n (%)
León-Castillo, 202016 23 Multi++±+3518All types3518NANA137 (3.9)64 (1.8)31 (0.9)30 (0.9)12 (0.3)
Stelloo, 2016*5 Multi++±+861High-intermediate risk861861 (100.0)861 (100.0)27 (3.1)13 (1.5)7 (0.8)6 (0.7)1 (0.1)
Kandoth, 2013*1 Multi+++530High risk530NANA52 (9.8)23 (4.3)13 (2.5)9 (1.7)7 (1.3)
Kommoss, 2018*6 Single+++452All types452391 (86.5)397 (87.8)8 (1.8)1 (0.2)2 (0.4)5 (1.1)0 (0)
Talhouk, 2017*4 Single++++319All types319NA215 (67.4)16 (5)11 (3.4)4 (1.3)0 (0)1 (0.3)
Britton, 201924 Single+++257All EC <50 y.o.257NA225 (87.5)10 (3.9)8 (3.1)0 (0)2 (0.8)0 (0)
Talhouk, 20153 Single++++143All types143NA119 (83.2)12 (8.4)9 (6.3)3 (2.1)0 (0)0 (0)
Victoor, 202125 Single+±++120All types12095 (79.2)84 (70.0)4 (3.3)0 (0)1 (0.8)0 (0)3 (2.5)
Stelloo, 20152 Multi++±+116High risk11663 (54.3)86 (74.1)3 (2.6)1 (0.9)0 (0)2 (1.7)0 (0)
Timmerman, 202026 Single+±++108All types10884 (77.8)83 (76.9)4 (3.7)0 (0)1 (0.9)3 (2.8)0 (0)
Joehlin-Price, 202127 Single+++95G3 endometrioid9561 (64.2)95 (100.0)6 (6.3)1 (1.1)1 (1.1)3 (3.2)1 (1.1)
Kim, 202028 Single++52Clear cell5235 (67.3)02 (3.8)2 (3.8)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)
Knez, 2021†29 Single+++45All types4534 (75.6)41 (91.1)6 (13.3)2 (4.4)4 (8.9)0 (0)0 (0)
Kobayashi, 202130 Single+++++36High risk36NA19 (52.8)5 (13.9)4 (11.1)1 (2.8)0 (0)0 (0)
Zhang, 202131 Single+++21Undifferentiated or dedifferentiated2113 (61.9)03 (14.3)0 (0)1 (4.8)2 (9.5)0 (0)
Current studySingle+++++422All types422292 (69.2)370 (87.7)48 (11.4)28 (6.6)15 (3.6)2 (0.5)3 (0.7)
  • The most frequent multiple-classifier class per study is highlighted in green.

  • *Patients included in the study by León-Castillo et al.16

  • †Prospective study; all the remaining studies were retrospective.

  • EC, endometrial cancer; IHC, immunohistochemistry; MMR, mismatch repair; MMRd, mismatch repair deficient; MSI, microsatellite instability; multi, multicenter; NA, not available; p53abn, p53 abnormal; POLEmut, POLE mutated; seq, sequencing; single, single center, triple positive.