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Table 3 Comparison of MSI

From: Efficacy of EUS-guided FNB using a Franseen needle for tissue acquisition and microsatellite instability evaluation in unresectable pancreatic lesions

 

FNB, UR (N = 9)

FNA, UR (N = 14)

P value

SPL size, mm, median (range)

25 (15–50)

30 (15–82)

0.63

Puncture route, gastric/duodenal

7/2

9/5

0.66

Puncture number, median (range)

3 (2–5)

4 (1–7)

0.26

Possibility of MSI evaluation, n (%)

8 (88.9)

5 (35.7)

0.03

MSI-high tumors, n

0

0

 
  1. MSI Microsatellite instability, SPL Solid pancreatic tumor