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Table 2 Distribution of centrally assessed tumor markers by FISH and IHC

From: Evaluation of the prognostic role of centromere 17 gain and HER2/topoisomerase II alpha gene status and protein expression in patients with breast cancer treated with anthracycline-containing adjuvant chemotherapy: pooled analysis of two Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group (HeCOG) phase III trials

  

N (%)

FISH

CEP17 status (n = 1031)

 

  Median (range)

2.00 (0.70-26.55)

  No gain

620 (60.1)

  Gain

411 (39.9)

HER2 (gene copies) (n = 1031)

 

  Median (range)

2.55 (0.70-45.15)

  Low normal-replicated (≤4)

742 (72.0)

  Low gain (4–6)

65 (6.3)

  High gain (>6)

224 (21.7)

HER2 gene status (n = 1031)

 

  Non-amplified1

787 (76.3)

  Amplified2

244 (23.7)

TOP2A (gene copies) (n = 1031)

 

  Median (range)

2.15 (0.70-26.15)

  Low normal-replicated (≤4)

875 (84.9)

  Low gain (4–6)

77 (7.5)

  High gain (>6)

79 (7.7)

TOP2A gene status (n = 1031)

 

  Deleted

52 (5.0)

  Non-amplified

875 (84.9)

  Amplified3

104 (10.1)

IHC

HER2 (n = 1014)

 

  0

319 (31.5)

  1+

379 (37.4)

  2+

171 (16.9)

  3+

145 (14.3)

TopoIIa (n = 953)

 

  Negative

441 (46.3)

  Positive

512 (53.7)

ER (n = 1018)

 

  Negative

272 (26.7)

  Positive

746 (73.3)

PgR (n = 1024)

 

  Negative

335 (32.7)

  Positive

689 (67.3)

Ki67 (n = 1000)

 

  Low

322 (32.2)

 

  High

678 (67.8)

  1. 127 cases (2.6%) had a deletion with a HER2/CEP17 ratio <0.8.
  2. 2204 cases (83.6%) with HER2/CEP17 ratio >2.2 and 40 cases (16.4%) with HER2 gene gain (>6 copies).
  3. 364 cases (61.5%) with TOP2A/CEP17 ratio ≥2.0 and 40 cases (38.5%) with TOP2A gene gain (>6 copies).