Research Article

Prospective Evaluation of Unprocessed Core Needle Biopsy DNA and RNA Yield from Lung, Liver, and Kidney Tumors: Implications for Cancer Genomics

Table 1

Pathologic tissue diagnoses by organ.

Kidney ( )
Clear cell carcinoma13
Papillary carcinoma1
Unclassified renal cell carcinoma1
Chromophobe carcinoma1
Liver ( )
Colorectal adenocarcinoma12
Hepatocellular carcinoma1
Cholangiocarcinoma1
Lung adenocarcinoma1
Lung ( )
Squamous cell carcinoma6
Lung adenocarcinoma5
Carcinoid1
Metastatic poorly differentiated carcinoma1
Mucinous carcinoma1
Lymphoma1
Total number of specimens biopsied46
Total biopsy samples (normal + tumor tissues)552