MOC-31

adenocarcinoma

mesothelioma

Delahaye 19911  (cytological specimens)

19/31(various sites of origin)

2/24

Ruitenbeeck 19942

62/63(various sites of origin)

1/5

Edwards 19953

43/44(Various sites of origin. On review, the one negative case was reclassified as a "tumor of uncertain nature".)

1/43(On review, the one positive case was considered more consistent with a "pseudomesotheliomatous" adenocarcinoma.)

Leers 19984

18/21

4/20

Kuenen-Boumeester 19965  (cytological specimens)

56/56(various sites of origin)

7/8

Delahaye 1997 (cytological specimens)11

67/88(various sites of origin)

5/41

Sosolik 19977

23/23(Pulmonary adenocarcinomas. Most cases showed strong diffuse membrane staining.)

1/23(The staining in the one positive case was weak and membranous.)

Ordonez 19986

85/95(various sites of origin: 40/10 pulmonary adenocarcinomas were positive)

2/38

Leers 199813

20/21(various sites of origin. 18 cases showing staining of >10% of cells, 2 cases showed staining of <10% of cells.)

10/20(4 cases showing staining of >10% of cells, 6 cases showed staining of <10% of cells.)

Chenard-Neu 199812

30/30(various sites of origin)

4/28(All histological types)

Morgan (cytological specimens)14

54/57(various sites of origin)

1/6

Oate 20008

36/40(Pulmonary adenocarcinomas)

2/42(All histological types)

Gonzalez-Lois 20019

21/23(various sites of origin)

6/44(6/34 epithelioid, 0/5 sarcomatoid, 0/1 mixed and 0/1 lymphohistiocytoid mesotheliomas)

Carella 200110

18/20(Pulmonary adenocarcinomas)

5/46(All histological types)

Ordonez 200315

50/50(all primary lung adenocarcinomas: 21 case >75% of cells stained, 19 cases 50-75% of cells, 7 cases 25-50% of cells and 3 cases 1-25% of cells)

5/60(all epithelioid mesotheliomas: 3 cases 3-10% of cells and 2 cases <1% of cells. Positivity occurred in the cytoplasm and along the cell membrane)

Overall

91% (602/662)

12% (56/448)