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Table 3 Relationship between adenocarcinoma subtypes (IASLC/ATS/ERS) and ALK status

From: Frequencies of ALK rearrangements in lung adenocarcinoma subtypes: a study of 2299 Chinese cases

 

ALK positive number

ALK negative number

P

Adenocarcinoma in situ

  

0.75

 Yes

0 (0.0 %)

19

 

 No

93

2187

Minimally invasive adenocarcinoma

  

0.53

 Yes

3 (2.5 %)

116

 

 No

90

2090

Lepidic predominant

  

0.13

 Yes

1 (0.9 %)

113

 

 No

92

2093

Acinar predominant

  

0.006

  Yes

29 (2.8 %)

1006

 

  No

64

1200

Papillary predominant

  

0.007

 Yes

11(2.0 %)

528

 

 No

82

1678

Micropapillary predominant

  

0.013

 Yes

13 (7.6 %)

157

 

 No

80

2049

Solid predominant

  

<0.0001

 Yes

20 (10.3 %)

175

 

 No

73

2031

Variants of invasive adenocarcinoma

  

<0.0001

 Yes

16 (14.8 %)

92

 

 No

77

2114