High incidence of microsatellite instability and loss of heterozygosity in three loci in breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy: a prospective study

Table 3 Incidence rate of MSI and LOH, number of alleles isolated, and allelic imbalance noticed for each marker

Marker	Chr./Locus	No of positive patients	Incidence of MSI / LOH	No. of alleles isolated	Allelic imbalance
TP53-Alu	17p13.1	34	39.08%	11	L 0.00 - 0.64
					U 1.52 - 2.61
Mfd41	17p12-11.1	27	31.03%	8	L 0.00 - 0.56
					U 1.37 - 2.82
Mfd28	10pter	22	25.28%	5	L 0.00 -0 .61
					U 1.42 - 5.83
Bat-26	2p	4	4.59%	3	L 0.30 - 0.52
					U 1.42 - 1.54
Bat-40	1p13.1	0	0%	4	L 0.73 - 0.79
					U 0.94 - 1.22

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