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Table 3 Diagnostic yield of methylation, cytology, and histology analyses in different subgroups of LC

From: Evaluating the comprehensive diagnosis efficiency of lung cancer, including measurement of SHOX2 and RASSF1A gene methylation

Tumor Classification

Bronchoscopy

Exfoliated cell BALF samples

Biopsy Histology + 

Combined results

SHOX2 + 

RASSF1A + 

LungMe® + 

Cytology + 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

Histology subtype

 LUAC

(n = 104)

70 (67.3)

48 (46.2)

85 (81.7)

31 (29.8)

60 (57.7)

99 (95.2)

 LUSC

(n = 53)

49 (92.5)

18 (34.0)

50 (94.3)

16 (30.2)

38 (71.7)

53 (100.0)

 SCLC

(n = 23)

22 (95.7)

16 (69.6)

22 (95.7)

8 (34.8)

14 (60.9)

22 (95.7)

Metastatic Cancer

(n = 5)

4 (80.0)

3 (60.0)

5 (100.0)

1 (20.0)

3 (60.0)

5 (100.0)

Total

(n = 185)

145 (78.4)

85 (45.9)

162 (87.6)

56 (30.3)

115 (62.2)

179 (96.8)

Nodule location

 Central

(n = 46)

43 (93.5)

23 (50.0)

43 (93.5)

13 (28.3)

27 (58.7)

45 (97.8)

 Peripheral

(n = 127)

95 (74.8)

55 (43.3)

108 (85.0)

39 (30.7)

82 (64.6)

122 (96.1)

Pathologic staging

 I

(n = 28)

22 (78.6)

8 (28.6)

22 (78.6)

7 (25.0)

12 (42.9)

25 (89.3)

 II

(n = 20)

15 (75.0)

8 (40.0)

17 (85.0)

5 (25.0)

10 (50.0)

19 (95.0)

 III

(n = 40)

36 (90.0)

18 (45.0)

29 (92.5)

10 (25.0)

29 (72.5)

39 (97.5)

 IV

(n = 97)

75 (77.3)

50 (51.5)

85 (87.6)

34 (35.1)

64 (66.0)

94 (96.9)

Largest diameter

 0 ~ 10 mm

(n = 10)

6 (60.0)

2 (20.0)

7 (70.0)

2 (20.0)

8 (80.0)

8 (80.0)

 11 ~ 50 mm

(n = 124)

89 (71.8)

51 (41.1)

102 (82.3)

39 (31.5)

79 (63.7)

119 (96.0)

 51 ~ 100 mm

(n = 29)

27 (93.1)

16 (55.2)

27 (93.1)

10 (34.5)

16 (55.2)

29 (100.0)

 101 ~ 300 mm

(n = 12)

12 (100.0)

9 (75.0)

12 (100.0)

2 (16.7)

8 (66.7)

12 (100.0)