“…In primary breast carcinoma, LOH represents the most frequent mutation (van de Vijver, 1993) and affects a large number of distinct chromosomal regions (Devilee and Cornelisse, 1994;Bieche and Lidereau, 1995;Kerangueven et al, 1997;Ingvarsson, 1999), notably 1p (Nagai et al, 1995;Tsukamoto et al, 1998;Imyanitov et al, 2000;Lerebours et al, 2002;Wang et al, 2004) and 10q (Richard et al, 2000;Jones et al, 2001;Kleivi et al, 2002;Achary et al, 2003;Wang et al, 2004). These two human chromosomal segments are also the site of frequent deletions (LOH) in several other tumor types (Saran et al, 1996;Schwab et al, 1996;Knuutila et al, 1999;Yeh et al, 1999;Dong, 2001;Qin, 2002;Inda et al, 2003;Thiessen et al, 2003;Karoui et al, 2004;Zhu et al, 2004).…”