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Table 1 Procalcitonin expression and the tumor response

From: Procalcitonin expression in patients with large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung

Case No.

Pathology

Sampling procedure

Intensity score

Proportion score

Total IHCscore

Expressionof PCT

Serum PCT (ng/mL)

Serum CRP (mg/dL)

Metastasis

1

LCNEC

Surgery

1

0

1

Low

0.05

4.17

–

2

LCNEC

Surgery

2

1

3

High

0.07

0.08

Br

3

LCNEC

Surgery

0

0

0

-

0.08

1.16

–

4

LCNEC

Surgery

0

0

0

-

N/D

 < 0.02

–

5

LCNEC

Surgery

0

0

0

-

0.14

11.20

–

6

LCNEC

Surgery

0

0

0

-

0.03

0.04

–

7

LCNEC

Surgery

2

4

6

High

170.4

2.05

Br, Ad

8

LCNEC

Surgery

0

0

0

-

0.06

6.00

-

9

LCNEC

Surgery

2

4

6

High

16.72

1.90

Br, Bo, Pl

10

LCNEC

Surgery

1

0

1

Low

0.03

0.07

–

11

Carcinoid

Surgery

2

4

6

High

0.35

19.26

–

12

Carcinoid

Surgery

0

0

0

-

N/E

0.09

–

13

Carcinoid

Surgery

2

0

2

Low

0.03

 < 0.02

–

14

Carcinoid

Surgery

0

0

0

-

N/E

 < 0.02

–

15

SCLC

Surgery

0

0

0

-

0.07

2.80

–

16

SCLC

Bronchoscopy

0

0

0

-

0.24

2.89

–

17

SCLC

Bronchoscopy

0

0

0

-

0.03

0.06

–

18

SCLC

Bronchoscopy

0

0

0

-

0.07

3.04

–

19

SCLC

Bronchoscopy

0

0

0

-

0.04

3.05

–

20

SCLC

Bronchoscopy

0

0

0

-

0.05

0.04

–

21

SCLC

Bronchoscopy

0

0

0

-

N/D

0.09

Br

  1. N/D not detected, N/E not examined, Br brain, Ad adrenal gland, Bo bone, Pl pleura