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Table 1 Patient characteristics at the point when effusion and blood samples were taken

From: Tumour associated lymphocytes in the pleural effusions of patients with mesothelioma express high levels of inhibitory receptors

Patient no.

Age (at sample date)

Sample time from diagnosis (days)

Histology

Prior treatment

Indwelling pleural catheter (IPC)/thoracentesis

Effusion vol. (ml)

Cell concentration in effusion (× 107/100 ml)

1

76

335

Epithelioid

No

IPC

1050

3.60

2

66

145

Epithelioid

No

Thoracentesis

535

8.47

3

80

403

Epithelioid

Carboplatin/pemetrexed

Thoracentesis

200

3.02

4

61

705

Epithelioid

No

IPC

700

9.00

5

58

250

Epithelioid

Cisplatin/pemetrexed

IPC

300

2.16

6

59

50

Epithelioid

No

Thoracentesis

950

3.90

7

76

14

Not specified

No

IPC

1450

2.21

8

68

68

Epithelioid

No

Thoracentesis

1080

2.22

*9

72

389

Not specified

No

IPC

120

2.99

  1. *Patient samples underwent T cell receptor sequencing