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. 2008 Dec 16;100(1):89–95. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604814

Table 2. Associations between HER2 gene amplification or EGFR expression and disease characteristics including type of histology, FIGO stage, and grade.

  Patients
HER2-positive
EGFR-positive
  No. Valid % No. Valid % No. Valid %
Histology*
Endometrioid grade 1 51 (18) 1/50 (2) 27/48 (56)
Endometrioid grade 2 54 (20) 1/53 (2) 22/47 (47)
Endometrioid grade 3 40 (15) 0/40 (0) 11/35 (31)
Clear cell 28 (10) 4/25 (16) 6/24 (25)
Serous papillary 106 (37) 18/105 (17) 36/101 (36)
             
FIGO stage**
 I 140 (52) 8/140 (6) 54/127 (43)
 II 11 (4) 0/11 (0) 4/9 (44)
 III 46 (17) 3/46 (7) 14/43 (33)
 IV 77 (27) 13/77 (17) 27/72 (38)
             
Grade***
 1 54 (21) 1/54 (2) 28/51 (55)
 2 59 (23) 2/59 (3) 23/52 (44)
 3 148 (56) 17/148 (11) 45/138 (33)

Unknown data: grade (n=17), stage (n=4), HER2 (n=6), EGFR (n=24).

* χ2 test type I versus type II: P<0.001 for HER2, and P=0.041 for EGFR.

** χ2 test: P=0.025 for HER2, and P=0.667 for EGFR.

*** χ2 test: P=0.028 for HER2, and P=0.016 for EGFR.