Table 2.
Correlation between immunohistochemical results regarding c-erbB-2 oncoprotein (HER2) expression, using two commercial antibodies and gene status.
Immunostains | Total cases (number/%) | FISH assessment-HER2 gene status (number/%) | ||
Amplified cases | Nonamplified cases | |||
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HER2 3+ | Dako polyclonal | 7/33.33 | 7/100% | 0 |
Leica CB11 clone | 6/28.57 | 6/100 | 0 | |
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HER2 2+ | Dako polyclonal | 7/33.33 | 4/57.14 | 3/42.86 |
Leica CB11 clone | 7/33.33 | 5/71.42 | 2/28.58 | |
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HER2 1+ | Dako polyclonal | 7/33.33 | 0 | 7/100 |
Leica CB11 clone | 8/38.09 | 0 | 8/100 |