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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 19.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2011 Jan;135(1):55–62. doi: 10.1043/2010-0454-RAR.1

Table 3.

HER2 Testing by Validated IHC Assay

Status Score Significance Reflex HER2 FISH
Positive 3+ Uniform intense membrane staining of > 30% of invasive tumor cells No
Equivocal 2+ Complete membrane staining, nonuniform or weak in intensity in at least 10% of the cells or intense complete membrane staining in 30% or less of tumor cells Yes
Negative 1+ Weak or incomplete membrane staining in any proportion of tumor cells No
Negative 0 No staining No

IHC indicates immunohistochemistry; FISH, fluorescence in situ hybridization;