Table 4 Prevalence of ERBB2 expression and amplification in KRAS exon 2 WT patients in the archival and screening cohorts

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

Cohort

Patients

Immunohistochemistry 0

Immunohistochemistry 1+

Immunohistochemistry 2+

Immunohistochemistry 3+

Total overexpressed 2+/3+ a

Total amplified b

  

N

%

Amplified c

N

%

Amplified c

N

%

Amplified c

% over 2+

N

%

Amplified c

% over 3+

N

%

N

%

Archivald

256

131

51.2%

0

90

35.2%

0

23

9.0%

1

4.3%

12

4.7%

12

100.0%

35

13.7%

13

5.1%

Screeningd

830

610

73.5%

e

150

18.1%

e

37

4.5%

10

27.0%

33

4.0%

33

100.0%

70

8.4%

43

5.2%

Total

1086

741

68.2%

NA

240

22.1%

NA

60

5.5%

11

18.3%

45

4.1%

45

100.0%

105

9.7%

56

5.2%

  1. aArchival vs screening χ2=4.94; P=0.02.
  2. bArchival vs screening=NS.
  3. cArchival: SISH. Screening: FISH.
  4. dArchival: scoring values from VENTANA 4B5 or HercepTest, whichever scored highest. Screening: Ventana 4B5 values.
  5. eAccording to HERACLES Diagnostic Criteria, ISH was not performed on 0/1+ samples.