“…More than 70 studies have previously analyzed Napsin A expression in tumors by IHC. The studies showed a wide range of Napsin A positivity for each tumor entity, for example, published Napsin A positivity rates ranged from 0% to 100% in adenocarcinoma of the lung [ 11 , 13 , 16 , 18 , 20 , 22 , 24 , 43 – 66 ], 0%–48% in papillary thyroid carcinoma [ 11 , 16 , 18 , 19 , 24 ], 0%–52% in clear cell renal cell carcinoma [ 6 , 13 , 15 – 19 , 22 , 24 ], 0%–17% in small cell carcinoma of the lung [ 13 , 22 , 50 , 61 , 63 ], 0–10% in squamous cell carcinoma of the lung [ 16 , 18 , 22 , 24 , 46 – 48 , 50 , 52 , 57 – 59 , 61 – 65 , 67 – 69 ], 69–100% in clear cell adenocarcinoma of the ovary [ 7 , 19 , 25 , 27 – 32 , 34 ], 72%–97% in papillary renal cell carcinoma [ 6 , 16 – 18 , 20 – 22 ] and 67%–89% in clear cell adenocarcinoma of the endometrium [ 7 , 30 , 70 , 71 ]. The analysis of a large number of different tumor entities under highly standardized conditions enabled us to clarify the relative importance of Napsin A expression across tumor entities and to generate a ranking list according to the expected rate of Napsin A positivity.…”