Research Article

Immunohistochemical Characterization of Three Monoclonal Antibodies Raised against the Epidermal Growth Factor and Its Receptor in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Their Potential Use in the Selection of Patients for Immunotherapy

Table 3

Immunohistochemical expression of EGF receptor.

H-score
Histopathological type012
No. (%)No. (%)No. (%)

SCLC8/12 (66.67)3/12 (25.00)1/12 (8.33)
NSCLC
 Squamous cell carcinoma9/20 (45.00)6/20 (30.00)5/20 (25.00)
 Adenocarcinoma10/23 (43.48)7/23 (30.43)6/23 (26.09)
 Large cell carcinoma 1/6 (16.67)3/6 (50.00)2/6 (33.33)
 Other2/10 (20.00)4/10 (40.00)4/100 (40.00)

SCLC: small cell lung cancer; NSCLC: non-small cell lung cancer; No.: number of cases; %: percentages; 0: negative; 1: scores ; 2: scores .