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Table 1 Pre-established list of immunohistochemical (IHC) and histochemical (HC) stains made available to evaluating pathologists

From: Comparison of histopathology to gene expression profiling for the diagnosis of metastatic cancer

No.

IHC Stain

No.

IHC Stain

No.

IHC Stain

No.

HC Stain

1

Actin, muscle specific

26

CK17

51

Myogenin

1

Alcian blue- PAS

2

AE1/AE3

27

CK19

52

Napsin A

2

Argentaffin

3

AFP

28

CK5/6

53

NSE

3

Argyrophil

4

hCG

29

Pancytokeratin

54

OCT-4

4

Colloidal iron stain

5

CA-125

30

Desmin

55

P504S

5

Elastic, Verhoeff’s

6

Calcitonin

31

E-cadherin

56

p53

6

Mucicarmine

7

Caldesmon

32

EMA

57

p63

7

PAS

8

Calretinin

33

Estrogen Receptor

58

PAX-2

8

PASD

9

CAM 5.2

34

GCDFP-15

59

PAX5

9

PTAH

10

CD10

35

GFAP

60

PAX-8

10

Reticulum, Gomori’s

11

CD117

36

Glypican-3

61

PLAP

11

Trichrome, Masson’s

12

CD138

37

Hep-Par1

62

Progesterone Receptor

  

13

CD20

38

HMB 45

63

Prostate Specific Antigen

  

14

CD3

39

HMW Keratin

64

RCC

  

15

CD30

40

HNF-1

65

S-100

  

16

CD34

41

Inhibin

66

Synaptophysin

  

17

CD43

42

CK, Oscar

67

Thrombomodulin

  

18

CD45RO

43

Leucocyte Common Antigen

68

Thyroglobulin

  

19

CD56

44

Mammaglobin

69

TTF1

  

20

CD99

45

Melan-A

70

Uroplakin

  

21

CDX2

46

MOC-31

71

Villin

  

22

CEA-polyclonal

47

MUC 1

72

Vimentin

  

23

Chromogranin

48

MUC 2

73

WT-1

  

24

CK 20

49

MUC5AC

    

25

CK 7

50

Myeloperoxidase