Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2014 Jan 7;143(3):485–492. doi: 10.1007/s10549-013-2827-0

Table 3.

Concordance in ER status between central laboratories – 35 cases included in the original set (phase 1) and 11 cases repeated at Mayo using dual antibody (phase 2)

Mayo (single antibody)
ER IHC original seta ER-negative ER-positive
IEO (dual antibody)
    ER-negative 19 --
    ER-positive 5 10
    Not evaluable 1 --
Mayo (dual antibody)
ER IHC (repeated set)b ER-negative ER-positive
IEO (dual antibody)
    ER-negative 3 --
    ER-positive -- 8

ER estrogen receptor, IHC immunohistochemical, Mayo Mayo Clinic central laboratory, IEO European Institute of Oncology central laboratory

a

Includes 35 cases: 5 ER false-positive (locally positive/centrally negative) and 5 ER false-negative (locally negative/centrally positive) submitted from IEO to Mayo; and 20 ER false-positive and 5 ER false-negative submitted from Mayo to IEO

b

Includes 11 cases previously tested from Mayo (6 of the 20 ER false-positive and all 5 of the ER false-negative)