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Although next\u2010generation sequencing (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NGS<\/jats:styled-content>) enabled us to detect numerous genetic alterations in a single assay, the clinical significance of <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SMAD<\/jats:styled-content>4<\/jats:italic> alteration detected with <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NGS<\/jats:styled-content> has not been fully investigated. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinicopathological characteristics and clinical significance of <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SMAD<\/jats:styled-content>4<\/jats:italic> alteration detected with <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NGS<\/jats:styled-content> in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CRC<\/jats:styled-content>.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods and results<\/jats:title><jats:p>We retrospectively investigated 201 patients with stage I\u2013<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IV CRC<\/jats:styled-content>, by using a 415\u2010gene panel. To analyse the relationship between <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SMAD<\/jats:styled-content>4<\/jats:italic> alteration and other clinicopathological characteristics, we evaluated clinicopathological variables, including invasive\u2010front pathological markers: tumour budding, poorly differentiated cluster, and Crohn\u2010like lymphoid reaction. Fifty\u2010six patients (28%) had <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SMAD<\/jats:styled-content>4<\/jats:italic> alteration: 24 and 32 patients had <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SMAD<\/jats:styled-content>4<\/jats:italic> mutation and deletion, respectively. <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SMAD<\/jats:styled-content>4<\/jats:italic> alteration was significantly associated with T category (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.027), N category (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.037), M category (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.028), and invasive\u2010front pathological markers, such as poorly differentiated cluster grade 3 (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.020) and absence of Crohn\u2010like lymphoid reaction (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.004). Immunohistochemistry revealed that <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SMAD<\/jats:styled-content>4<\/jats:italic> alteration was significantly associated with loss of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SMAD<\/jats:styled-content>4 (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.023). In 90 patients with stage I\u2013<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">III<\/jats:styled-content> disease, <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SMAD<\/jats:styled-content>4<\/jats:italic> alteration was significantly associated with poor prognosis for relapse\u2010free and overall survival (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.047; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.022, respectively). Conversely, in 111 patients with stage <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IV<\/jats:styled-content> disease, <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SMAD<\/jats:styled-content>4<\/jats:italic> alteration was not significantly associated with overall survival.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p><jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SMAD<\/jats:styled-content>4<\/jats:italic> alteration is associated with invasive\u2010front pathological markers and poor prognosis in stage I\u2013<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">III CRC<\/jats:styled-content> patients.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/his.13805","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,1,12]],"date-time":"2019-01-12T12:59:38Z","timestamp":1547297978000},"page":"873-882","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":45,"title":["<i><scp>SMAD<\/scp>4<\/i> alteration 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