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. 2012 Apr 5;19(1):40. doi: 10.1186/1423-0127-19-40

Table 2.

EGFR immunoexpression in relation to pathohistologic features of CCRCC (N = 94)

Nuclear grade,
N (%)
p value Tumor size,
median (range)
p value Pathological T stage,
N (%)
p value
1, 2 3, 4 1, 2 3, 4
EGFR immunoexpression a,N (%) % low 33 (36.7) 12 (13.3) < 0.001b 5 (1.8-17.5) 0.011c 32 (35.6) 13 (14.4) 0.213b
high 16 (17.8) 29 (32.2) 7 (3-16) 37 (41.1) 8 (8.9)
tH-score low 32 (35.9) 11 (12.4) < 0.001b 5 (1.8-17.5) 0.002c 31 (34.8) 12 (13.5) 0.354b
high 17 (19.1) 29 (32.6) 7 (3-16) 37 (41.6) 9 (10.1)
cH-score low 31 (34.4) 14 (15.6) 0.006b 5 (1.8-17.5) 0.01c 33 (36.7) 12 (13.3) 0.454b
high 18 (20) 27 (30) 7 (2.5-16) 36 (40) 9 (10)

CCRCC, clear cell renal cell carcinoma

tH-score, total H-score

cH-score, continuous H-score

a low and high categories according to median cut off value

b chi square test

c Mann-Whitney U-test