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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 28.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Apr 12;108(2):392–398. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.03.043

Table 4:

Factors affecting biopsy specimen sensitivity with respect to surgical specimens

Parameter p-value χ2
Number of biopsy cores 0.97 1.87E-03
Needle gauge 0.22 1.52
Tumor size 0.53 0.39
Length of biopsy 0.019 5.49
 Non MIP-SOL <0.001 11.7
 MIP-SOL 0.22 1.49
Percent subtype
composition <0.001 68.1
 Non MIP-SOL <0.001 61.3
 MIP-SOL 0.018 5.58