Table 1

The IHC scoring system of HER2

Staining pattern
Staining score

Membrane staining is observed in < 10% of the tumour cells
0
A partial and faint membrane staining is detected in > 10% of the tumour cells
1+
A weak to moderate complete membrane staining is detected in > 10% of the tumour cells
2+
A moderate to strong complete membrane staining is detected in > 10% of the tumour cells
3+

Those tumours which score 0 or 1+ are regarded as negative, those scoring 2+ are borderline and 3+ are positive.

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