Table 2.

Cytologic, Histologic, and Biographical Data for Subjects from Whom FNA Samples Were Obtained

Subject	Gender	Age	Race	Smoking history	Cellularity	% Tumor	Viability	FNA diagnosis	Final diagnosis	RNA
110	F	69	C*	1 ppd†/50 years	I‡	90	H	NSCLC	Squamous	+−§
123	M	75	C	1 ppd/62 years	L¶	90	L	NSCLC	Squamous	++∥
125	M	67	C	1 ppd/50 years	H**	90	H	NSCLC	NSCLC	++
138	M	65	C	NA††	H	90	I	NSCLC	NSCLC	NE‡‡
148a§§	M	77	C	1 ppd/65 years	L	-	L	Atypical (80%)¶¶	SCLC	++
148b	L	-	L	Negative	SCLC	−−
165	F	45	C	1 ppd/26 years	L	-	L	Atypical (20%)¶¶	SCLC	+−
172	M	79	C	NA	L	20	L	NSCLC	NSCLC	−−
200	M	69	AA∥∥	NA	H	70	H	NSCLC	Poor diff. care	++
204	M	55	C	Smoker	L	-	L	Suspicious (10%)¶¶	Poor diff. care	++
205	F	48	AA	Smoker	L	40	H	NSCLC	NSCLC	+−
219	F	64	C	1/2 ppd	L	20	L	NSCLC	NSCLC	++
236a§§	M	62	C	Smoker	L	40	H	NSCLC	NSCLC	++
236b	I	90	H	NSCLC	NSCLC	++
242	F	74	C	NA	L	10	L	NSCLC	NSCLC	+−
244	M	63	C	1.5 ppd/40 years	H	20	L	NSCLC	Squamous	+−

Caucasian;

pack(s) per day;

intermediate;

one ribosomal RNA band detected;

Low;

Both 28s and 18s ribosomal RNA bands detected;

High;

not available;

not evaluated;

two different FNA biopsies obtained from subject 148 and 236;

percent cells atypical or suspicious for malignancy in non-diagnostic samples;

African-American.