Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER-2) is an established prognostic and predictive biomarker for breast cancer. To ensure accuracy and uniformity for HER-2 testing, ASCO/CAP published guidelines in 2007 which were updated in 2013 and recently in 2018. In this first study from Indian Oncology center, we evaluated the impact of 2018 ASCO/CAP guidelines. We found a substantial decrease in equivocal IHC cases (P-value < .00001). On reclassification, a total of 5.6% cases from equivocal and positive categories (2013 guidelines) shifted to the negative FISH result category (P-value < .0001), with adoption of 2018 guidelines and eliminated the double equivocal cases.
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