Table 3

Comparison of gene amplification analysis and immunohistochemical results of HER-2/neu in 47 cases of ESCC

IHC

c-erbB-2

FISH HER-2


Not Amplified (%)

Polysomy 17 (%)

Amplified (%)

Total


0/1+

10 (30.3)

1 (20)

0 (0)

11


2+

13 (39.4)

2 (40)

0 (0)

15


3+

4 (12.1)

2 (40)

6 (66.7)

12


NA

6 (18.2)

0 (0)

3 (33.3)

9


Total

33 (100)

5 (100)

9 (100)

47


NA: not available

Sato-Kuwabara et al. BMC Cancer 2009 9:6   doi:10.1186/1471-2407-9-6

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