Table 2 Performances of two immunohistochemistry methods against in situ hybridization as the 'gold standard' for detection of ERBB2 gene amplification

From: Assessment of a HER2 scoring system for colorectal cancer: results from a validation study

Collection

Test

Test positive if

Reference test

Number of patients

Test performances

    

True positive

True negative

False positive

False negative

Total

Accuracy

Sensitivity

Specificity

Positive predictive value

Negative predictive value

Archival CPP

HercepTest

2+ 3+ ≥10%

SISH

13

14

2

1

30

90.0%

92.9%

87.5%

86.7%

93.3%

Archival CPP

Ventana 4B5

2+ 3+ ≥10%

SISH

14

7

9

0

30

70.0%

100.0%

43.8%

60.9%

100.0%

Archival CPP

HercepTest

2+ 3+ ≥50%

SISH

10

16

0

4

30

86.7%

71.4%

100.0%

100.0%

80.0%

Archival CPP

Ventana 4B5

2+ 3+ ≥50%

SISH

13

16

1

0

30

96.7%

100.0%

94.1%

92.9%

100.0%

  1. Abbreviations: CPP, Consensus of Pathologists; SISH, silver in situ hybridization.