Research Article

Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 Status in Gastric Carcinomas with Distinctive Prevalent Cribriform Component

Table 1

Clinicopathological parameters in relation to HER2 status in 100 gastric carcinomas cases.

ParameterNumberHER2 overexpression (%) value

SexNS
 Male489 (18.8)
 Female5212 (23.1)
LocationNS
 Upper third81 (12.5)
 Middle third359 (25.7)
 Lower third5711 (19.3)
Histological typeNS
 Cribriform378 (21.6)
 No cribriform6313 (20.6)
Stage0.014
 II699 (13.0)
 III2811 (39.3)
 IV31 (33.3)
Clinical course0.009
 Alive393 (7.7)
 Death from gastric cancer6118 (29.5)

NS: not significant.