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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 15.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Clin Pathol. 2010 Jun;133(6):922–934. doi: 10.1309/AJCPST1CTHZS3PSZ

Table 3.

Patient Outcomes According to EGFR Mutation, Copy Number, and Immunohistochemical Positivity or Negativity*

Assay Total Response P Stable Disease Controlled P Disease Progression
Mutation >.0001 .008
 Positive 19 12 (63) 4 (21) 16 (84) 3 (16)
 Negative 20 1 (5) 7 (35) 8 (40) 12 (60)
Copy number
 CISH 1 1
  Positive 15 5 (33) 4 (27) 9 (60) 6 (40)
  Negative 21 6 (29) 7 (33) 13 (62) 8 (38)
 FISH .5 1
  Positive 19 7 (37) 5 (26) 12 (63) 7 (37)
  Negative 17 4 (24) 6 (35) 10 (59) 7 (41)
Immunohistochemical results
 Score 1 .4
  Positive 9 3 (33) 4 (44) 7 (78) 2 (22)
  Negative 22 7 (32) 5 (23) 12 (55) 10 (45)
 Intensity 1 .2
  Positive 13 4 (31) 6 (46) 10 (77) 3 (23)
  Negative 18 6 (33) 3 (17) 9 (50) 9 (50)
 Cutoff 1 .3
  ≥10% 20 7 (35) 7 (35) 14 (70) 6 (30)
  <10% 11 3 (27) 2 (18) 5 (45) 6 (55)

EGFR, epidermal growth factor receptor; CISH, chromogenic in situ hybridization; FISH, fluorescence in situ hybridization.

*

Data are given as number (percentage).

Reflects comparison of responders in positive vs negative assay groups.

Reflects comparison of all patients with disease control in positive vs negative assay groups; Fisher exact test.