Table 1.
Characteristics of the enrolled patients
|
Variable
|
Amount
|
| Number of PDAC cases | 105 |
| Age (yr) | 67.02 ± 8.38 |
| Male (number of cases) | 51 |
| Tumor diameter (mm) | 43.66 ± 14.83 |
| Tumor location (number of cases) | |
| Head/neck | 60 |
| Body/tail | 44 |
| Tumor stage (number of cases)1 | |
| IA | 1 |
| IB | 3 |
| IIA | 3 |
| IIB | 12 |
| III | 31 |
| IV | 55 |
| Needle size (number of samples) | |
| 22G | 75 |
| 19G | 30 |
1
According to American Joint Committee on 8th Cancer edition.
PDAC: Pancreatic adenocarcinoma; FNA: Fine needle aspiration; G: Gauge; NGS: Next generation sequencing. Data is given as: mean ± standard deviation, or median (inter quartile range).