The Exploration of Peptide Biomarkers in Malignant Pleural Effusion of Lung Cancer Using Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry

Table 6

The comparison of detection rate between MALDI-TOF-MS classification and cytological smear method in pleural effusion.

Method	Number (%)
	Result	Positive	Negative	Total number
MALDI-TOF-MS classification		31 (93.94)	2 (6.06)	33
Cytological smear method		46 (69.70)	20 (30.30)	66

(3 patients with null spectra were excluded).