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Table 5 Concordance between detection of MembErbB-2 expression by immunofluorescence and immunohistochemistry

From: Clinical relevance of ErbB-2/HER2 nuclear expression in breast cancer

 

MembErbB-2 (IFa C-18), n (%)

Total N (%)

Overall

concordance (%)

κ

statisticsd

 

Negative

Positive

   

MembErbB-2 (IHC b RBT HER2)

     

   Negative

168 (83.4)c

7 (3.5)

175 (87.1)

96

0.84

   Positive

1 (0.4)

25 (12.7)

26 (12.9)

  

MembErbB-2 (IHC A0485)

     

   Negative

170 (80.9)

11 (5.2)

181 (86.2)

90

0.6

   Positive

10 (4.8)

19 (9.1)

29 (13.8)

  

MembErbB-2 (IHC C-18)

     

   Negative

168 (83.2)

9 (4.5)

177 (87.6)

93

0.7

   Positive

5 (2.5)

20 (9.9)

25 (12.4)

  
  1. a IF: Immunofluorescence. b IHC: Immunohistochemistry. c Percentage of the total cohort. d κ statistics (with a value of 1.0 indicating perfect agreement and a value of -1.0 indicating perfect disagreement) revealed excellent to substantial levels of concordance between detection of MembErbB-2 positivity by IF with C-18 and by IHC with RBT-HER2, A0485, and C-18 antibodies