Table 2 Comparison of the positive cytology results for washing (brushing) with the patient-matched pathology results.
Matched samples | Bronchial washing (brushing) cytology samples (n) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ADC | SQC | NSCC | SCC | Total | |
Adenocarcinoma (ADC) | 49 (41) | 0 (0) | 3 (2) | 0 (0) | 52 (43) |
Squamous cell carcinoma (SQC) | 0 (0) | 16 (12) | 4 (3) | 0 (0) | 20 (15) |
Non-small cell carcinoma (NSCC) | 0 (0) | 1 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0) |
Small cell carcinoma (SCC) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 3 (3) | 4 (4) |
Total | 49 (41) | 18 (13) | 7 (5) | 3 (3) | 77 (62) |
