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. 2021 Aug 13;21:917. doi: 10.1186/s12885-021-08651-5

Table 3.

Evaluation of breath samples: Detection rates by tumor entity

Tumor entity Results breath test Total
false correct
SCLC Number of samples 1 9 10
Percentages 10.0% 90.0% 100.0%
Squamous epithelial cell cancer Number of samples 3 9 12
Percentages 25.0% 75.0% 100.0%
Adenocarcinoma Number of samples 5 13 18
Percentages 27.8% 72.2% 100.0%
Large-cell lung cancer Number of samples 0 1 1
Percentages 0.0% 100.0% 100.0%

SCLC: small cell lung cancer