Table 1 Tumor specimens evaluated with DLL3 immunohistochemistry

From: Delta-like ligand 3 (DLL3) landscape in pulmonary and extra-pulmonary neuroendocrine neoplasms

Organ site

Tumor type

Total cases (n)

Positive > = +1 n (%)

Total H-score median (range)

Membrane H-score median (range)

Lung

 

SCLC

17

16 (94%)

95 (0–175)

20(0–70)

LCNEC

20

16 (80%)

100 (0–180)

20(0–115)

Mixed histology

8

5 (63%)

90 (0–175)

35 (0–75)

Uterine cervix

 

SCNEC

10

9 (90%)

137.5 (0-190)

25 (0–42)

LCNEC

4

4 (100%)

58.5 (0–115)

11.5 (0–65)

Combined

7

5 (71%)

25 (0-185)

6 (0–90)

Bladder

 

SCC

19

14 (74%)

70 (0-210)

0 (0–80)

Skin

 

Merkel cell carcinoma

33

32 (97%)

140 (0-190)

26(0–70)

Thyroid

 

Medullary thyroid carcinoma

74

20 (27%)

0 (0–235)

0 (0–90)

Head and Neck

 

NEC

19

12 (63%)

9 (0-230)

4(0–52)

Prostate

 

AVPC-NEC

16

12 (75%)

115 (0–250)

1.5 (0–160)

AVPC-non-NEC

10

0 (0%)

0

0

Pancreas

 

Well-differentiated NET

135

17 (13%)

0 (0-155)

0 (0–3)

Small bowel

 

Well-differentiated NET

52

1 (2%)

0 (0–7)

0

Non-epithelial NET

 

Neuroblastoma

72

12 (17%)

0 (0-160)

0 (0–20)

Paraganglioma

15

2 (13%)

0 (0-17)

0 (0–7)

Pheochromocytoma

3

0 (0%)

0

0

Adrenal gland cortex

 

Adrenocortical carcinoma

23

1 (4%)

0 (0-15)

0 (0)

Adrenocortical adenoma

11

3 (27%)

0 (0-155)

0 (0)

  1. SCLC small cell lung carcinoma, LCNEC large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma, SCNEC small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma, NEC neuroendocrine carcinoma, NET neuroendocrine tumor, SCC small cell carcinoma, SCPC small cell prostate cancer, AVPC aggressive variant prostate cancer.