Table 2

Concordance between PathVysion and other HER2-testing protocols

Comparison with PathVysion
κ coefficient*
Degree of agreement
Agreement (percentage)
Sensitivity (percentage)
Specificity (percentage)

PharmDx
1.000
Excellent
100
100
100
INFORM (at least six signals per nucleus)
0.916 ± 0.058
Excellent
98
100
94
INFORM (at least five signals per nucleus)
0.799 ± 0.085
Good
91
100
88
INFORM (more than four signals per nucleus)
0.532 ± 0.111
Moderate
76
100
57
CISH (at least six signals per nucleus)
0.876 ± 0.070
Excellent
94
100
94
CISH (at least five signals per nucleus)
0.762 ± 0.091
Good
89
100
88
In-house IHC (positive 3+, negative 0, 1+, 2+)
0.792 ± 0.089
Good
91
89
91
In-house IHC (positive 3+, 2+, negative 0, 1+)
0.475 ± 0.111
Moderate
72
100
57
HercepTest (positive 3+, negative 0, 1+, 2+)
0.645 ± 0.104
Good
83
89
80
HercepTest (positive 3+, 2+, negative 0, 1+)
0.350 ± 0.119
Poor
64
94
49

HER2, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; CISH, chromogenic in situ hybridisation; IHC, immunohistochemistry. (* errors given as ± SD)

Cayre et al. Breast Cancer Research 2007 9:R64   doi:10.1186/bcr1770