Research Article

Fibroblast Activation Protein Expression in Sarcomas

Table 2

FAP scores.

Sample typePositive FAP stainingAverage FAP intensity scoreFAP overall score

Tumor samplesStromal cells: 49 of 63 (77.7%)
Tumor cells: 32 of 63 (50.7%)
Stromal cells: 2.0
Tumor cells: 1.5
(i) None detected in 3 of 63 (4.7%)
(ii) Low in 23 of 63 (36.5%)
(iii) Medium in 23 of 63 (36.5%)
(iv) High in 14 of 63 (22.2%)

Normal samplesStromal cells: 11 of 30 (36.7%)
Nonstromal cells: 0 of 30 (0%)
Stromal cells: 0.96
Nonstromal cells: 0.3
(i) None in 11 of 30 (36.7%)
(ii) Low in 18 of 30 (60%)
(iii) Medium in 1 of 30 (3.3%)
(iv) High in 0 (0%)