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. 2012 Jan 12;10:10. doi: 10.1186/1479-5876-10-10

Table 3.

Associations of HER2 and TOP2A with ER, PgR and Ki67 status (assessed by IHC)

ER status PgR status Ki67 status
Negative Positive p Negative Positive p Low High p
N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%)
HER2 (CISH) < 0.001 0.001 0.035
 Non-amplified 47 (61.8) 173 (83.2) 63 (65.6) 156 (83.4) 42 (89.4) 176 (75.2)
 Amplified 29 (38.2) 35 (16.8) 33 (34.4) 31 (16.6) 5 (10.6) 58 (24.8)
HER2 (mRNA) < 0.001 < 0.001 0.086
 Low (< 75th perc) 38 (55.9) 166 (82.6) 53 (59.6) 151 (84.4) 40 (87.0) 168 (74.0)
 High (≥ 75th perc) 30 (44.1) 35 (17.4) 36 (40.4) 28 (15.6) 6 (13.0) 59 (26.0)
HER2 (IHC) 0.003 0.002 0.016
 0-1+ 47 (58.8) 163 (75.5) 61 (58.7) 148 (77.5) 43 (87.8) 163 (67.4)
 2+ 9 (11.3) 25 (11.6) 15 (14.4) 19 (9.9) 3 (6.1) 31 (12.8)
 3+ 24 (30.0) 28 (13.0) 28 (26.9) 24 (12.6) 3 (6.1) 48 (19.8)
TOP2A (CISH) 0.29 0.46 0.33
 Non-amplified 64 (90.1) 182 (93.8) 83 (91.2) 162 (93.6) 41 (97.6) 202 (91.8)
 Amplified 7 (9.9) 12 (6.2) 8 (8.6) 11 (6.4) 1 (2.4) 18 (8.2)
TOP2A (mRNA) 0.99 0.20 0.003
 Low (< median) 34 (50.0) 100 (49.8) 39 (43.8) 94 (52.5) 33 (71.7) 107 (47.1)
 High (≥ median) 34 (50.0) 101 (50.2) 50 (56.2) 85 (47.5) 13 (28.3) 120 (52.9)
TopoIIa (IHC) 0.39 0.99 < 0.001
 Negative 29 (40.3) 69 (34.5) 33 (35.9) 64 (35.8) 32 (78.0) 66 (28.8)
 Positive 43 (59.7) 131 (65.5) 59 (64.1) 115 (64.2) 9 (22.0) 163 (71.2)