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. 2018 Mar 19;66(7):511–522. doi: 10.1369/0022155418761652

Table 1.

Patients Characteristics According to FGFR1 Amplification Status and Immunohistochemistry.

Characteristics FGFR1 FISH
p Value FGFR1 Protein Expression
p Value
Amplified (%) Nonamplified (%) High (%) Low (%)
Number of patients 14 (15.7%) 75 (84.3%) 35 (39.3%) 53 (59.6%)
Age, years
 Median (range) 52.8 (±12.02) 55.6 (±10.01) 0.489a 52.3 (±9.82) 57.0 (±10.41) 0.227a
Sex
 Male 13 (16.0%) 68 (84.0%) 0.793 32 (40.0%) 48 (60.0%) 0.890
 Female 1 (12.5%) 7 (87.5%) 3 (37.5%) 5 (62.5%)
Size (cm)
 ≤4 13 (16.7%) 65 (83%) 0.518b 34 (44.2%) 43 (55.8%) 0.044b
 >4 1 (9.1%) 10 (90.9%) 1 (9.1%) 10 (90.9%)
Differentiation
 WD 3 (18.8%) 13 (81.3%) 0.353 7 (43.8%) 9 (56.3%) 0.695
 MD 8 (12.7%) 55 (87.3%) 23 (37.1%) 39 (629%)
 PD 3 (30.0%) 7 (70.0%) 5 (50.0%) 5 (50.0%)
Keratinization
 Keratinizing 4 (12.9%) 27 (87.1%) 0.763 16 (53.3%) 14 (46.7%) 0.071
 Non-keratinizing 10 (17.2%) 48 (82.8%) 19 (32.8%) 39 (60.2%)
LN metastasis
 Present 12 (15.2%) 67 (84.7%) 0.654b 32 (41.0%) 46 (59.0%) 0.734b
 Absent 2 (20.0%) 8 (80.0%) 3 (30.0%) 7 (70.0%)
pT stage
 T1 4 (11.4%) 31 (88.6%) 0.609 19 (54.3%) 16 (45.7%) 0.080
 T2 8 (21.6%) 29 (78.4%) 13 (36.2%) 23 (63.9%)
 T3 1 (9.1%) 10 (90.9%) 2 (18.2%) 9 (81.8%)
 T4 1 (9.1%) 5 (83.3%) 1 (16.7%) 5 (83.3%)
pN stage
 N0 2 (20.0%) 8 (80.0%) 0.790 3 (30.0%) 7 (70.0%) 0.279
 N1 2 (12.5%) 14 (87.5%) 10 (62.5%) 6 (37.5%)
 N2a 1 (11.1%) 8 (88.9%) 4 (44.4%) 5 (55.6%)
 N2b 9 (19.6%) 37 (80.4%) 15 (33.3%) 30 (66.7%)
 N2c 0 (0.0%) 6 (100.0%) 3 (50.0%) 3 (50.0%)
 N3 0 (0.0%) 2 (100.0%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (100.0%)
pTNM stage
 I 1 (20.0%) 4 (80.0%) 0.795 3 (60.0%) 2 (40.0%) 0.092
 II 0 (0.0%) 4 (100.0%) 0 (0.0%) 4 (100.0%)
 III 3 (20.0%) 12 (80.0%) 9 (60.0%) 6 (40.0%)
 IV 10 (15.4%) 55 (84.6%) 23 (35.9%) 41 (64.1%)
Smoking history
 Never smoker 5 (17.9%) 23 (82.1%) 0.155 12 (42.9%) 16 (57.1%) 0.920
 Former smoker 3 (37.5%) 5 (62.5%) 3 (37.5%) 5 (62.5%)
 Current smoker 6 (11.3%) 47 (88.7%) 20 (38.5%) 32 (61.5%)
Alcohol history
 Never/social 6 (11.3%) 47 (88.7%) 0.297 21 (39.6%) 32 (60.4%) 0.985
 Yes 8 (22.2%) 28 (77.8%) 14 (40.0%) 21 (60.0%)
HPV ISH
 Positive 10 (16.9%) 49 (83.1%) 0.765b 24 (41.4%) 34 (58.6%) 0.819b
 Negative 4 (13.3%) 26 (86.7%) 11 (36.7%) 19 (63.3%)
p16 IHC
 Positive 9 (12.2%) 65 (87.8%) 0.055b 31 (42.5%) 42 (57.5%) 0.386b
 Negative 5 (33.3%) 10 (66.7%) 4 (26.7%) 11 (73.3%)
FGFR1 IHC
 Positive 6 (17.4%) 29 (82.6%) 0.797
 Negative 8 (15.1%) 45 (84.9%)

Abbreviations: FGFR1, fibroblast growth factor receptor 1; FISH, fluorescence in situ hybridization; HPV, human papillomavirus; ISH, in situ hybridization; IHC, immunohistochemistry; WD, well differentiated; MD, moderatedly differentiated; PD, poorly differentiated; LN, lymph node.

a

t-test.

b

Fisher’s exact test.