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MSI status has emerged as a potential biomarker for advanced GC, and this study aimed to determine the MSI prevalence of histopathologically confirmed GC cases at our centre.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Method and material<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This was a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of GC cases from 2018 to 2022, which were retrieved from the laboratory information system. DNA from these cases was isolated and assessed for MSI using a pentaplex PCR panel and confirmatory IHC on MSI-H was performed. Samples with no allelic size variation in the 5 microsatellite markers were classified as microsatellite stable (MSS), variation in 1 marker as microsatellite instability low (MSI-L), and variation in 2 or more microsatellite markers as MSI-H.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study consisted of 64 cases with a MSI prevalence of 21.9% (n = 14) displaying a male predominance (n = 10; 71.4%) and a mean age of 62.7 years. Among these 14 MSI cases, 42.9% (n = 6) were classified as MSI-H with a mean age of 59.3 years. Half (n = 3) of these cases presented with upper gastrointestinal bleeding, with a majority of them diagnosed with moderately differentiated adenocarcinomas (66.7%). Microsatellite instability low was seen in 57.1% (n = 8) of the cases with a mean age of 65.3 years, and of these, patients presented with vomiting, epigastric pain and dysphagia with equal frequency at 25% (n = 2 respectively).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The frequency of MSI cases in this study is congruent with global trends, highlighting the importance of microsatellite status in GC for understanding clinicopathological differences between MSI and MSS patients. 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