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. 2024 Sep 2;16(9):e68431. doi: 10.7759/cureus.68431

Table 2. Tumor Characteristics .

RNA=Ribonucleic acid; NCCN=National Comprehensive Cancer Network

RNA (n = 145) Acquire 22G (n = 43) ProCore 22G (n = 45) ProCore 20G (n = 57) p-value
NCCN Stage        
Operable, n (%) 2 (5) 6 (13) 3 (5) 0.759
Borderline resectable, n (%) 4 (9) 6 (13) 7 (12)
Locally advanced, n (%) 15 (35) 14 (31) 19 (33)
Metastatic, n (%) 19 (44) 18 (18) 26 (46)
Tumour location        
Head, n (%) 18 (42) 30 (67) 33 (58) 0.426
Neck, n (%) 5 (12) 5 (11) 2 (4)
Body, n (%) 8 (19) 4 (9) 10 (18)
Tail, n (%) 3 (7) 2 (4) 4 (7)
Uncinate, n (%) 5 (12) 2 (4) 3 (5)
Distal, n (%) 1 (2) 1 (2) 1 (2)
Other, n (%) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (4)
Presence of onsite Cytology, n (%) 5 (12) 41 (91) 12 (21) <0.001