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. 2014 Sep 11;2:9. doi: 10.1186/s40247-014-0009-0

Table 4.

Correlation between TTF-1 immunohistochemistry and presence of EGFR activating mutation

Series EGFR mut + (N) EGFR mut- (N)
Vincenten et al. [20] NPV
TTF-1 + 105 403 96%
TTF-1 - 9 228
Leary et al. [12] NPV
TTF-1 + 15 40 100%
TTF-1 - 0 15
This series NPV
TTF-1 + 29 140 98%
TTF-1 - 1 43
Pooled results NPV
TTF- 1 + 149 583 97%
TTF-1 - 10 286

EGFR mut+: presence of activating EGFR mutation; N: number; TTF-1: thyroid transcription factor 1; NPV: negative predictive value.