Table 1.

Summary of Tissue Sampling Procedures

Tissue Samples (N=153)* 121 patients
Clinically required procedures (N=84)	Dedicated for Protocol Only (N=69)
Surgical procedures (33)	IR guided core biopsies/FNAs (60)
11 VATS biopsies	45 intrapulmonary: 44 cores, 1 FNA
6 lung resections: 5 lobectomies, 1 pneumonectomy	15 extrapulmonary: 13 cores, 2 FNAs
6 brain metastectomies	– 1 pleural
3 laminectomies	– 1 chest wall
2 large bone resections	– 2 lymph nodes
2 lymph node excisions	– 7 liver
1 adrenalectomy	– 2 adrenal
2 mediastinoscopies	– 1 omentum
	– 1 kidney
Minimally invasive biopsies (17)	Other
9 IR guided biopsies (4 bone, 3 lung, 1 liver, 1 kidney)	1 subcarinal FNA – endoscopic, US guided
2 IR guided lung FNAs	1 lymph node FNA
3 kyphoplasties	1 bone biopsy
2 bedside FNA’s (1 skin, 1 lymph node)	1 lymph node excisional biopsy
1 cervical biopsy
Fluid samples (34)	Bedside FNA’s
26 pleural fluid	3 lymph node
5 lumbar punctures	1 chest wall
1 peritoneal fluid	1 skin
2 pericardial fluid

^*27 patients had multiple specimens studied (range 2–3)