Table 1. Patient characteristics and tumor evaluation.

Patient	Sex	Age	Pathology of Biopsy	Comments
1	F	77	NSCLC, MD-PD, favor adenocarcinoma
2	F	66	Necrosis, no viable neoplasm identified
3	M	49	Not obtained	Prior NSCLC diagnosis, fiducial placed for SBRT
4	M	73	Small cell carcinoma
5	F	73	Not obtained	Prior NSCLC diagnosis, fiducial placed for SBRT
6	F	68	Not obtained	Prior adenocarcinoma diagnosis, fiducial placed for SBRT
7	F	52	Alveolar tissue and cartilage fragments	Prior history of C/L lung adenocarcinoma
8	M	82	Lung parenchyma with no evidence of malignancy	Core biopsy later showed squamous cell carcinoma
Median:		70.5
Range:		49–82

M-male; F-female; NSCLC-non small cell lung cancer; MD-PD-moderately differentiated to poorly differentiated; SBRT-stereotactic body radiotherapy.