Table 3.

Sequencing success by clinical specimen type

Specimen type	Successful cases	Total cases	Percent successful (%)
FNA direct smears	12	12	100*
Surgical resections	55	57	96†‡
Body fluid cell blocks	9	10	90
Small biopsies	48	60	80†
FNA cell blocks	23	33	70*‡

^*Statistically significant difference between FNA direct smears and FNA cell blocks (p = 0.03).

^†Statistically significant differences between surgical resections and small biopsies (p = 0.0004).

^‡Statistically significant difference between surgical resections and FNA cell blocks (p = 0.0003).