Table 5.
Concordance of mutation results between fresh frozen and FFPE tissues, at the gene level.
| Mutation Genes | a* | b* | c* | d* | Concordance# | Kappa | P | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKT1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 116 | 99.2% | 0.663 | <0.001 | 
| BRAF | 1 | 0 | 2 | 116 | 99.2% | 0.796 | <0.001 | 
| CTNNB1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 118 | 100.0% | 1.000 | <0.001 | 
| DDR2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 116 | 99.2% | 0.663 | <0.001 | 
| EGFR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 114 | 98.3% | −0.009 | 0.925 | 
| ERBB2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 105 | 100.0% | 1.000 | <0.001 | 
| ERBB4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 113 | 97.5% | 0.559 | <0.001 | 
| FBXW7 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 64 | 90.6% | 0.706 | <0.001 | 
| FGFR2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 113 | 99.1% | 0.796 | <0.001 | 
| KRAS | 16 | 8 | 46 | 92 | 85.2% | 0.679 | <0.001 | 
| MAP2K1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 99 | 99.0% | 0.884 | <0.001 | 
| NRAS | 3 | 3 | 2 | 106 | 94.7% | 0.372 | <0.001 | 
| PIK3CA | 10 | 12 | 18 | 90 | 83.1% | 0.512 | <0.001 | 
| PTEN | 5 | 2 | 6 | 57 | 90.0% | 0.575 | <0.001 | 
| SMAD4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 111 | 94.4% | 0.602 | <0.001 | 
| TP53 | 10 | 35 | 54 | 73 | 73.8% | 0.481 | <0.001 | 
a, Mutation identified in fresh frozen tissue, but not in FFPE tissue; b, Mutation identified in FFPE tissue, but not in fresh frozen tissue; c, Mutation identified in FFPE and fresh frozen tissue; d, Mutation was not identified in FFPE or fresh frozen tissue;
Concordance = (c+d)/(a+b+c+d).