Table 1

Allele loss and mutation rates for different populations

Population	Carcinoma	Number	LOH	Marker	Mutations	Ref
LOH, loss of heterozygosity, given as allele loss/number informative.
UK	Breast	62	3/40	D19S565	Nil	12
Norwegian	Colorectal	75	13/50	D19S886	Nil	15
Italian	Colorectal	71	10/52	D19S886	1	16
Korean	Colorectal	23	9/17	D19S886	5	13
			6/15	D19S883	4
			6/22	D19S565	3
UK	Breast	30	1/15	D19S565	Nil	Current
			4/19	D19S886
	Colorectal	23	2/13	D19S565	Nil
			4/11	D19S886