Abstract:Objective To investigate the clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis of colorectal mucinous adenocarcinoma (MAC) and non-MAC. Methods A retrospective study was performed on 2,022 newly-diagnosed patients with colorectal cancer from Jan. 2009 to Jun. 2013 in the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University. Among them, 117 patients had MAC and 1,905 patients had non-MAC. Their clinicopathological characteristics were compared. Results Compared to the patients with non-MAC, those with MAC were younger (age < 45 years accounted for 23.9%, P < 0.05), and had higher preoperative carcinoembryonic antigen level (42.7% patients > 5 ng/ml, P < 0.05), larger average tumor diameter (6.0 cm, P < 0.05), more right hemicolon cancer (47.9%, P < 0.05), and higher pathologic T stage (T3 and T4 accounted for 91.5%, P < 0.05). Conclusions Compared to non-MAC, MAC has been found at more advanced stage, mainly locates at the right hemicolon and has poorer prognosis. MAC differs from non-MAC in biological behavior, so patients with MAC require more efficient comprehensive therapy.