Correlation between cytological and histopathological diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer and accuracy of cytology in the diagnosis of lung cancer

Background/Aim. Lung cancer is one of the most com-mon types worldwide. More than 70% patients are diagnosed with lung in advanced stages disease, limited therapeutic options based on cytological and histopathological material. The value cytology diagnosing subtyping non-small cell (NSCLC) very important for modern personalized therapies. aim this study was to find out concordance between diagnosis NSCLC accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive negative predictive cancer. Methods. A two-year retrospective included 169 NSCLC, who, at same time, had small biopsy surgical specimens diagnoses confirmation that were compared one. Histopathological golden standard evaluation prognostic as a diagnostic method detecting Results. This 129 (76.3%) male 40 (23.7%) female patients, aged 39 83, average 62.53 ? 7.6. There no statistically significant difference ages different genders (p = 0.207). frequent among 99 (58.58%) patients. Concordance 61.48%. biopsies 0.856). value, accuracy 94.98%, 98.60%, 95.72%, 98.35%, 97.71%, respectively. Conclusion. Cytological accurate, high benefits Most when there therapy option, only available material sampled during bronchoscopy.