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Table 3.

Validation Data Set Discordant Cases

Breast sample type Tumor (%) Inflammation HER2 IHC HER2 FISH
HER2/CEP17 (HER2 CN, CEP17 CN)
ERBB2 fold change (range)
Bx 50 Minimal 2 2.0 (5.0, 2.4) 1.4 (1.38 to 1.97)
Ex 10 Marked 3 2.3 (4.7, 2.05) 1.2 (−1.04 to 1.35)
Ex 60 Moderate 2 (Focal) Heterogeneous 1.4 (1.34 to 1.72)
10%: 3.2 (6.8, 2.1)
90%: 1.5 (3.0, 2.0)
Ex 60 Moderate 2 2.9 (4.9, 1.7) 1.2 (−1.02 to 1.33)

Bx, biopsy; CEP17, chromosome 17 centromere marker; CN, copy number; Ex, excision; FISH, fluorescence in situ hybridization; HER2, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; IHC, immunohistochemistry.