Percutaneous core-needle biopsy before and immediately after coaxial microwave ablation in solid non-small cell lung cancer: the comparison of genomic testing from specimens

Table 3 Pathological diagnosis and DNA/RNA extracted from the specimens in pre- and post-ablation CNB.

Variables	Pre-ablation CNB	Post-ablation CNB	P-value
Tumor subtypes
Adenocarcinoma	25(75.8%)	24(72.7%)
Squamous cell carcinoma	7(21.2%)	6(18.2%)
Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma	1(3.0%)	1(3.0%)
No atypical cells	0	2(6.1%)
DNA (ng/µl)	57.1 ± 57.8	20.4 ± 25.1	<0.001
RNA (ng/µl)	17.3 ± 21.8	7.2 ± 8.6	0.003

NSCLC = Non-small cell lung cancer. CNB = Core-needle biopsy. DNA = Deoxyribonucleic acid. RNA = Ribonucleic acid

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