Correction to: British Journal of Cancer (2015) 113, 716–721; doi:10.1038/bjc.2015.279; published online 27 August 2015
Upon publication of the above paper in British Journal of Cancer, the authors noted an error in Table 2. There was an inversion of the term ‘proficient/deficient' in the ‘MMR IHC' section; however, the data are correctly described in the text. The corrected Table 2 is reproduced below.
Table 2. Pathological characteristics.
| Total | Caucasian | Asian | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Laurén classification | |||
| Intestinal | 60 | 48 | 12 |
| Diffuse | 24 | 16 | 8 |
| Mixed | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| Adenosquamous | 4 | 4 | 0 |
|
WHO grading | |||
| 2 | 25/100 | 21/75 | 4/25 |
| 3 | 75/100 | 54/75 | 21/25 |
|
HER2 score (IHC and ISH) | |||
| Positive | 36/100 | 28/75 | 8/25 |
| Negative | 64/100 | 47/75 | 17/25 |
|
MMR ICH | |||
| Proficient | 93 | 70 | 23 |
| Deficient | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| NA | 1 | 1 | 0 |
|
E-cadherin IHC | |||
| Present | 89 | 67 | 22 |
| Loss | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| NA | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Abbreviations: MMR=mismatch repair proteins; NA=not available.
Laurén P (1965). Laurén classification. Acta Pathol Microbiol Scand.
WHO Classification of Tumours of the Digestive System. Lyon: IARC, 2010.