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. 2019 Aug 16;20:185. doi: 10.1186/s12931-019-1162-3

Table 2.

Comparison of the number of tumor cells from a single biopsy, total number of tumor cells, average number of tumor cells, and PD-L1 expression between Cryo and TBB

Cryo TBB
Case No. of tumor cells Total no. Average no. PD-L1 (%) No. of tumor cells Total no. Average no. PD-L1 (%)
1 4601 4601 4601 10 634 402 337 332 198 1903 380.6 5
2 381 381 381 0 1622 29 0 0 0 1651 330.2 0
3 25 25 25 0 871 302 140 0 0 1313 262.6 0
4 2080 2080 2080 100 143 98 76 10 8 335 67 100
5 115 115 115 10 3 0 0 0 0 3 0.6 0
6 3509 642 4151 2075.5 10 63 50 25 22 0 160 32 0
7 1467 1467 1467 40 14 0 0 0 0 14 2.8 0
8 532 0 532 266 0 1340 449 30 12 0 1831 366.2 0
9 2248 541 2789 1394.5 0 124 25 0 0 0 149 29.8 0
10 2321 2321 2321 10 334 294 157 124 96 1005 201 0
11 618 0 618 309 5 471 217 169 119 0 976 195.2 0
12 1621 31 1652 826 0 331 222 0 0 0 553 110.6 0
13 5520 121 5641 2820.5 90 1380 137 90 61 7 1675 335 100
14 2301 2301 2301 70 1431 471 145 90 66 2203 440.6 10
15 625 578 1203 601.5 0 311 248 202 198 187 1146 229.2 10
16 1075 740 1815 907.5 0 750 675 302 58 0 1785 357 10

Cryo cryobiopsy, TBB transbronchial biopsy, PD-L1 programmed death ligand 1