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. 2020 Mar 31;85(5):855–862. doi: 10.1007/s00280-020-04059-3

Table 4.

pSTAT3 IHC staining of a patient who achieved a PR post-treatment with napabucasin

Percent nuclear
tumor staining
% Nuclear tumor positive H-score Microenvironment
0 1 +  2 +  3 +  % positive intensity
Baseline 94 5 1 0 6 7 20 2
Post-napabucasin 90 5 5 0 10 15 50 2
Post-TAS-102 98 2 0 0 2 2 30 2

Post-napabucasin: Day 26 from the first dose of napabucasin. Treatment with napabucasin was ongoing at the time of sample collection. Post-TAS-102: Day 70 from TAS-102 first administration

pSTAT3-positivity was defined as cancer cell nuclear staining of ≥ 5% plus a stroma staining score of at least 2

IHC immunohistochemistry, PR partial response, TAS-102 trifluridine and tipiracil