We are reading them in a similar manner as the IHC-Her2 -positive (1, 2, or 3+) membrane staining, also reporting the approximate % of tumor cells staining.

Bonnie McMahill
Histology Supervisor
InCyte Pathology
Spokane, WA


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	GUTIERREZ, JUAN [SMTP:juan.gutierrez@christushealth.org]
> Sent:	Friday, June 25, 2004 6:55 AM
> To:	histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
> Subject:	[Histonet] EGFR
> 
> Sorry to open this can of worms again.  My pathologist wants to know what everybody out there in histoland is doing to score EGFR.  Are you calling it either positive or negative period, or are you scoring it like the Her-2 with a 1+, 2+, and 3+?  Inquiring minds want to know.
> Let the debate begin,
> 
> Juan C. Gutierrez, HT(ASCP)
> Histology Laboratory Supervisor
> Christus Santa Rosa Hospital
> 333 N. Santa Rosa Ave.
> San Antonio, TX  78207
> (210)704-2533
> 
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