Table 2

Tumours showing loss and/or gain by fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) and comparative genomic hybridisation (CGH)

	FISH 17p % cells with				FISH 17q % cells with				FISH 17p status		FISH 17q status		CGH
Tumour	Loss	Balance	Gain	FISH 17p average signal	Loss	Balance	Gain	FISH 17q average signal	>Threshold	Average signal	>Threshold	Average signal	17p loss	17q gain
Equivocal indicates that no value is greater or equal to the threshold of 41%, or that more than one value crosses this threshold.
*i(17q) by FISH.
§i(17q) by CGH.
12	56	40	4	0.81	27	50	23	1.06	Loss	Balance	Balance	Balance	Yes	No
21	66	32	2	0.68	16	69	15	1.05	Loss	Loss	Balance	Balance	Yes	No
27	50	44	6	0.80	7	70	23	1.16	Equivocal	Loss	Balance	Balance	Yes	No
5	60	33	7	0.77	3	27	70	1.43	Loss	Loss	Gain	Gain*	Yes	Yes§
10	77	22	1	0.62	2	44	54	1.39	Loss	Loss	Equivocal	Gain*	Yes	Yes§
13	65	32	3	0.69	6	33	61	1.52	Loss	Loss	Gain	Gain*	Yes	Yes§
14	67	29	4	0.72	5	37	58	1.52	Loss	Loss	Gain	Gain*	Yes	Yes§
16	57	35	8	0.78	2	41	57	1.40	Loss	Loss	Gain	Gain*	Yes	Yes§
26	68	27	5	0.69	8	45	47	1.40	Loss	Loss	Equivocal	Gain*	Yes	Yes§
15	21	62	17	1.05	11	41	48	1.28	Balance	Balance	Gain	Gain	No	Yes
22	56	35	9	0.81	19	34	47	1.25	Loss	Balance	Gain	Gain	No	Yes
23	51	41	8	0.85	7	36	57	1.29	Equivocal	Balance	Gain	Gain	No	Yes