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Overall specimen sources, tests performed and numbers of patients/samples tested.
| Specimen source | Total number of patients (samples) | Real-time PCR | CISH | IHC | IgG avidity index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retrospective specimen collections | Fresh frozen tissue | 25 | 25 | |||
| Tissue microarray | 70 | 70 | ||||
| FFPE whole sections | 19 | 19 | 19 | |||
| Prospective study N = 18 patients |
FFPE whole sections | 11 | 8 | 11 | 8 | |
| Plasma | 38 | 18 baseline, 20 follow-up samples | ||||
| Serum | 15 | 15 | ||||
| Totals | 178 | 71 | 30 | 97 | 15 | |
