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Table 2 Comparison between preoperative specimens and surgical diagnosis

From: Histological comparison between preoperative and surgical specimens of non-small cell lung cancer for distinguishing between "squamous" and "non-squamous" cell carcinoma

Preoperative diagnosis

Postoperative diagnosis

ADC

SQC

NSCLC-NOS

ASC

PLE

Total

Malignant

      

 ADC

105

3

2

3

2

115

 SQC

 

44

 

1

 

45

 NSCLC-NOS

2

1

4

  

7

 PLE

    

2

2

Suspicious of NSCLC

5

7

1

  

13

Not malignant

27

12

3

 

1

43

Total

139

67

10

4

5

225

  1. Abbreviations: ADC adenocarcinoma, SQC squamous cell carcinoma NSCLC-NOS non-small-cell lung cancer not otherwise specified, ASC adenosquamous carcinoma, PLE pleomorphic carcinoma.
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