Table 2 Number of evaluable and overlapping cases for Allred and DIA scoring of SOX9, CDX2, SOX2, β-catenin, and E-cadherin available for comparisons

From: Digital image analysis of multiplex fluorescence IHC in colorectal cancer recognizes the prognostic value of CDX2 and its negative correlation with SOX2

Biomarker

Evaluable cases

Overlapping cases DIA/Allred

IHC staining method

CDX2 nucl (DIA)

4-plex IF mIHC

  Min

0.03

  Max

6.5

  n (mean; sd)

373 (1.9 ± 1.4)

363

CDX2 nucl (DIA)a

5-plex IF mIHC

  Min

0.001

  Max

7.4

  n (mean; sd)

814 (1.1 ± 1.1)

589

CDX2 nucl (Allred)

DAB chromogen + hematoxylin counterstain

  Min

0

 

  Max

8

  n (mean; sd)

642 (7.4 ± 1.7)

363/589b

SOX2 nucl (DIA)

4-plex IF mIHC

  Min

0.006

  Max

23.6

  n (mean; sd)

373 (0.58 ± 1.88)

361

SOX2 nucl (Allred)

DAB chromogen + hematoxylin counterstain

  Min

0

 

  Max

8

  n (mean; sd)

645 (1.2 ± 2.6)

361

SOX9 nucl (DIA)

3-plex IF mIHC

  Min

0.13

  Max

5.3

  n (mean; sd)

181 (1.2 ± 1.0)

172

SOX9 nucl (Allred)

DAB chromogen + hematoxylin counterstain

  Min

0

 

  Max

8

  n (mean; sd)

761 (5.6 ± 1.5)

172

β-catenin nucl (DIA)

3-plex IF mIHC

  Min

0.045

  Max

34.5

  n (mean; sd)

380 (6.4 ± 5.8)

321

β-catenin nucl (Allred)

DAB chromogen + hematoxylin counterstain

  Min

0

 

  Max

8

  n (mean; sd)

637 (3.9 ± 2.0)

321

β-catenin cyto (DIA)

3-plex IF mIHC

  Min

0.1

  Max

21.2

  n (mean; sd)

380 (4.6 ± 3.7)

361

β-catenin cyto (Allred)

DAB chromogen + hematoxylin counterstain

  Min

0

 

  Max

8

  n (mean; sd)

722 (6.7 ± 1.3)

361

E-cadherin cyto (DIA)

3-plex IF mIHC

  Min

0.18

  Max

20.9

  n (mean; sd)

420 (5.1 ± 3.0)

386

E-cadherin cyto (Allred)

DAB chromogen + hematoxylin counterstain

  Min

0

 

  Max

8

  n (mean; sd)

720 (6.6 ± 0.9)

386

  1. For DIA, min, max, and mean are calculated from raw DIA scores
  2. DIA digital image analysis, nucl nuclear, cyto cytoplasm, mIHC multiplex immunohistochemistry, IF immunofluorescence, DAB 3,3'-diaminobenzidine
  3. aThis stain was performed on TMA sections from a replicate TMA set and the data were only used for prognostic comparison between Allred scoring and DIA. All other stains were performed on sections with tissue cores from the same replicate TMA set and used for correlation analyses and visualizations. See Table S1 for an overview of the individual stains
  4. b363 and 589 cases with evaluable CDX2 staining were overlapping with the 4-plex and the 5-plex IF mIHC stain, respectively