Fusobacterium nucleatum and colorectal cancer: A review

Table 1 Positive detection rates of Fusobacterium nucleatum in colorectal cancer reported by different research groups

Author (publish date)	Total cases (n)	Positive cases (n)	Positive percentage	Detection method	Detection samples
Li et al[40] (3/2016)	101	88	87.13%	FISH and FQ-PCR	Frozen tissue and FFPE tissue
Mima et al[38] (8/2015)	598	76	13%	qPCR	FFPE tissue
Nosho et al[49] (1/2016)	511	44	8.6%	qPCR	FFPE tissue
Tahara et al[45] (1/2014)	149	111	74%	qPCR	Genomic DNA
Ito et al[39] (2/2015)	511	286	56%	qPCR	FFPE tissue
Suehiro et al[50] (3/2017)	158	85	54%	ddPCR	Feces

qPCR: Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction; FQ-PCR: Fluorescent quantitative polymerase chain reaction; ddPCR: Droplet digital polymerase chain reaction; FISH: Fluorescence in situ hybridization; FFPE: Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded.