Table 4. Responses of icotinib therapy in patients according to total EGFR expression and EGFR FISHa.
Tumor status | No. of evaluated Patients | Complete responses and partial responses | P value | Stable disease | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | |||
Total | 62 | 9 | 14.5 | 20 | 32.3 | |
EGFR expression | ||||||
1+, or 2+ | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.341b | 3 | 27.3 |
3+ | 51 | 9 | 17.6 | 17 | 33.3 | |
EGFR FISHc | ||||||
Negative | 39 | 4 | 10.3 | 0.713b | 14 | 35.9 |
Positive | 22 | 4 | 18.2 | 6 | 27.3 | |
Unknown | 1 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization
Tested by Fisher's exact test
one case was exclude because the result of EGFR FISH couldn't be detected