TABLE 1

Summary of the anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) and immunohistochemistry (IHC) results

FISH NIALK FISH rearranged tumour cells %Total
<1010–1415–20>20
Total73881213127547
ALK IHC positive#2 (29)100 (26)8 (67)7 (54)120 (94)237 (43)
ALK IHC negative5 (71)288 (74)4 (33)6 (46)7 (6)310 (57)
  • Data are presented as n or n (%). NI: not interpretable. #: expression in >10% of tumour cells.