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Table 4 The numbers of EPs ordering each stain is shown by stain and case for the 20 stains most commonly ordered

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

Reference diagnosis

Ovary

Colorectal

Colorectal

Breast

Kidney

Melanoma

Bladder

Sarcoma

Gastric

Lung

Total stains ordered

Case Number

Case 1

Case 2

Case 3

Case 4

Case 5

Case 6

Case 7

Case 8

Case 9

Case 10

Stain Name

CK 7

5

5

5

4

2

4

5

2

4

4

40

CK 20

5

5

5

4

2

3

5

2

3

4

38

TTF1

3

3

4

5

3

4

5

2

3

3

35

CDX-2

2

5

5

4

1

2

5

1

4

1

30

PAX-8

3

2

 

4

5

3

2

2

1

2

24

Estrogen receptor

5

  

4

1

4

1

 

1

 

16

Napsin A

1

2

2

3

1

2

1

1

 

1

14

PAX-2

1

1

 

2

3

2

2

1

1

1

14

p63

   

3

 

1

4

 

2

4

14

Synaptophysin

2

1

 

1

2

1

1

2

2

1

13

Mammaglobin

3

  

3

 

3

1

 

2

 

12

GCDFP-15

3

  

4

 

2

2

 

1

 

12

Villin

1

2

2

1

1

 

1

1

2

1

12

S-100

    

1

4

 

4

1

 

10

WT-1

4

  

3

 

1

  

1

 

9

Pancytokeratin

1

  

1

 

2

1

2

1

1

9

PSA

 

1

2

 

1

 

3

 

2

 

9

CK 5/6

   

2

 

1

2

 

2

2

9

Hep-par

   

1

 

3

 

3

1

 

8

HMB 45

    

1

4

 

3

  

8