Table 4.
Results of histopathological diagnosis with forceps and cryoprobe biopsies (N=41)
| Diagnosis with forceps biopsy |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnosis with cryoprobe biopsy | ND | NSCLC | Squamous cell carcinoma | Adeno carcinoma | SCLC | Clear cell carcinoma | Total |
| ND | 3 (7.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (7.3) |
| NSCLC | 2 (4.9) | 4 (9.8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (14.6) |
| Squamous cell carcinoma | 2 (4.9) | 9 (22) | 14 (34.1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 (61) |
| Adeno carcinoma | 1 (2.4) | 1 (2.4) | 0 | 1 (2.4) | 0 | 0 | 3 (7.3) |
| SCLC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (4.9) | 0 | 2 (4.9) |
| Clear cell carcinoma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2.4) | 1 (2.4) |
| Adenoid cystic carcinoma | 1 (2.4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2.4) |
| Total | 9 (22) | 14 (34.1) | 14 (34.1) | 1 (2.4) | 2 (4.9) | 1 (2.4) | 41 (100) |
SCLC = Small cell lung cancer; NSCLC = Nonsmall cell lung cancer; ND = Nondiagnostic