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Table 6 Number of positive cases by each biomarker in pleural fluid

From: Diagnostic utility of LunXmRNA in peripheral blood and pleural fluid in patients with primary non-small cell lung cancer

Group

Total number

Positive Detection Rate

  

LunX

CK19

CEA

VEGF-C

hnRNP A2/B1

NSCLC

14

13/14 (92.9%)

14/14 (100%)

12/14 (85.7%)

11/14 (78.6%)

14/14 (100%)

Tuberculo pleurisy

14

1/14 (7.1%)

14/14 (100%)

6/14 (42.9%)

9/14 (64.3%)

14/14 (100%)

P value

< 0.001

-

0.018

0.678

-

  1. For each gene marker, when the copy number was less than 100, it could not be detectable as a negative case using our established real-time PCR assay. The positive detection rate was calculated by the number of positive cases/total number. P values were calculated using χ2 test.
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