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Table 2 Definitive Diagnosis of Patients in Study

From: Fluorescence in situ hybridization as adjunct to cytology improves the diagnosis and directs estimation of prognosis of malignant pleural effusions

Type of Primary Cancer, n=93

No. (%)

Nonsmall cell lung

39 (41.9)

Breast

9 (9.7)

Colon

6 (6.5)

Ovarian

5 (5.4)

Gastric

3 (3.2)

Haematological

2 (2.2)

Renal

2 (2.2)

Mesothelioma

2 (2.2)

Skin

2 (2.2)

Chrondrosarcoma

1 (1.1)

Cervical

1 (1.1)

Benign diseae

21 (22.6)