Final diagnoses for all patients (n = 101)
| Final diagnosis | No confirmed pathologically | No of clinical diagnoses | Total no (%) | No where diagnosis suggested/confirmed by FNAC (%) | Further investigations after suspicious/negative FNAC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lung cancer | 78 | 10 | 88 (87.1%) | 44 (50) | |
| NSCLC | 68 | 9 | 77 | 35 (45) | Bronchoscopy (5) |
| CT lung biopsy (2) | |||||
| US guided lung biopsy (1) | |||||
| SCLC | 10 | 1 | 11 | 9 (82) | Surgical node excision (1) |
| Lymphoma | 4 | 0 | 4 (4.0%) | 4 (100) | Surgical node excision (2) Bronchoscopy (1) |
| Metastatic adenocarcinoma | 3 | 0 | 2 (2.0%) | 1 (50) | US guided liver biopsy (1) |
| Pulmonary blastoma | 1 | 0 | 1 (0.99%) | 0 | |
| Thymoma | 1 | 0 | 1 (0.99%) | 0 | |
| Liposarcoma | 1 | 0 | 1 (0.99%) | 0 | |
| Benign | 0 | 4 | 4 (4.0%) | 0 |