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Characteristics of Patients
| Biopsy Methods | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBB (BF: P260F) |
TBB (BF: 1 T260) |
TBNA | Core-needle (CT or US) |
|
| Patients | 84 | 26 | 23 | 20 |
| Age | ||||
| Mean | 73.4 | 68.6 | 68.3 | 65.9 |
| Range | 49–88 | 45–84 | 48–88 | 42–93 |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 56 | 20 | 16 | 14 |
| Female | 28 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Smoking status | ||||
| Current/Ex | 70 | 23 | 21 | 18 |
| Never | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Pathological subtypes | ||||
| Adeno | 59 | 7 | 13 | 12 |
| Squamous | 23 | 18 | 9 | 5 |
| Others | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
TBB transbronchial biopsy, TBNA transbronchial needle aspiration, Adeno adenocarcinoma, Squamous: squamous cell carcinoma
