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Table 4 Sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of p53 immunohistochemistry for detecting TP53 variation

From: Clinical significance of p53 protein expression and TP53 variation status in colorectal cancer

Variation type

Sensitivity

Specificity

Accuracy

p53 (DO-7)

 Binary (IHC: wild/aberrant)

87.2%

61.8%

80.4%

 Binary (IHC: positive/negative)

71.8%

69.1%

71.1%

 Missense variation

87.2%

82.3%

85.3%

 Nonsense/frameshift variation

70.7%

93.3%

88.7%

 Wild type

61.8%

87.9%

80.9%

p53 (Bp53–11)

 Binary  (IHC: wild/aberrant)

92.6%

69.1%

86.3%

 Binary (IHC: positive/negative)

68.5%

74.5%

70.1%

 Missense variation

91.7%

82.3%

87.7%

 Nonsense/frameshift variation

85.4%

97.5%

95.1%

 Wild type

70.4%

93.3%

86.8%

p53 (SP5)

 Binary (IHC: wild/aberrant)

91.9%

76.4%

87.7%

 Binary (IHC: positive/negative)

74.5%

49.1%

67.6%

 Missense variation

90.8%

92.7%

92.2%

 Nonsense/frameshift variation

87.8%

94.5%

93.1%

 Wild type

77.8%

92.6%

88.2%