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. 2022 Jun 16;149(5):1747–1754. doi: 10.1007/s00432-022-04080-4

Table 2.

Correlation of PD-L1 testing between biopsies and surgical specimens with regard to biopsy technique

Biopsy technique n Correlation of PD-L1 TPS values (95% CI)
Brush cytology 31 0.529 [0.241; 0.744)
Endobronchial biopsy 29 0.793 [0.6; 0.898]
EBUS-TBNA 12 0.786 [0.387; 0.937]
TBB 33 0.308 [−0.04; 0.589]
CT-guided transthoracic biopsy 41 0.612 [0.375; 0.774]

EBUS-TBNA endobronchial ultrasound guided transbronchial needle aspiration, TBB transbronchial biopsy