Table 1 Comparison of immunohistochemical results for c-kit protein expression between small cell arcinomas of the cervix and lung, and gastrointestinal stromal tumors

From: Overexpression of c-kit protein is an infrequent event in small cell carcinomas of the uterine cervix

Tumor

Completely negative

Staining characteristics

  

1+/weak

1+/strong

2+/weak

2+/strong

3+/weak

3+/strong

Small cell carcinoma

 Cervix (n=22)

16

1

1

1

2

0

1

 Lung (n=14)

5

0

0

3

1

0

5

GIST (n=15)

0

0

0

0

0

0

15

  1. Abbreviation: GIST, gastrointestinal stromal tumor.
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