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Table 2 Correlations between Her2/Her3 Expression and Clinicopathological Parameters

From: Membranous expression of Her3 is associated with a decreased survival in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

 

Her2 (membranous staining)

Her3 (membranous staining)

Her3 (cytoplasmic staining)

 

Negative (%)

Positive (%)

P

Negative (%)

Positive (%)

P

Negative (%)

Positive (%)

P

Primary tumors

283 (73.1)

104 (26.9)

 

353 (91.2)

34 (8.8)

 

87 (22.5)

300 (77.5)

 

   Age

         

Median

61.0

61.0

0.866

60.0

63.1

0.140

61

61

0.972

Range

23 - 88

20 - 95

 

20 - 95

41 - 81

 

24 - 95

20 - 88

 

   Gender

         

Male

217 (74.3)

75 (25.7)

0.355

271 (92.8)

21 (7.2)

0.052

66 (22.3)

227 (77.7)

0.856

Female

66 (69.5)

29 (30.5)

 

82 (86.3)

13 (13.7)

 

22 (23.2)

73 (76.8)

 

   Primary tumor sites

         

Larynx

137 (74.9)

46 (25.1)

0.557

164 (89.6)

19 (10.4)

0.345

39 (21.3)

144 (78.7)

0.541

Oral cavity

116 (73.9)

41 (26.1)

 

147 (93.6)

10 (6.4)

 

36 (22.9)

121 (77.1)

 

Pharynx

14 (60.9)

9 (39.1)

 

21 (91.3)

2 (8.7)

 

8 (34.8)

15 (65.2)

 

Nasal cavity

10 (62.5)

6 (37.5)

 

13 (81.3)

3 (18.7)

 

2 (12.5)

14 (87.5)

 

Salivary gland

6 (75.0)

2 (25.0)

 

8 (100)

0 (0.0)

 

2 (25.0)

6 (75.0)

 

   Histological grading1

         

Grade 1

71 (79.8)

18 (20.2)

0.021

85 (95.5)

4 (4.5)

0.150

24 (27.0)

65 (73.0)

0.244

Grade 2

157 (68.3)

73 (31.7)

 

208 (90.4)

22 (9.6)

 

54 (23.5)

176 (76.5)

 

Grade 3

49 (83.1)

10 (16.9)

 

51 (86.4)

8 (13.6)

 

9 (15.3)

50 (84.7)

 

   Lymph node metastasis2

         

No

265 (73.0)

98 (27.0)

0.343

331 (91.2)

32 (8.8)

0.430

82 (22.6)

281 (77.4)

0.295

Yes

13 (81.2)

3 (18.8)

 

14 (87.5)

2 (12.5)

 

5 (31.2)

11 (68.8)

 
  1. 1Histological grading data were available for 378 cases (97.7%).
  2. 2Lymph node metastases data were available for 379 cases (97.9%).