Investigation of the miR16-1 (C>T) + 7 Substitution in Seven Different Types of Cancer from Three Ethnic Groups

Table 1

Distribution of cancer patients in the study.

	Type of cancer	Number of patients	Number of specimen	Source of DNA		Nationality of patients
				Tissue	Blood
Solid Tumors	Breast Cancer (sporadic)	108	148	108	40	Turkish^§
	Breast Cancer (hereditary)	80	80	NA	80	American*
	Ovarian Cancer (sporadic)	23	46	23	23	Turkish^§
	Ovarian Cancer (hereditary)	79	79	NA	79	Turkish^§
	HCC (Sporadic)	96	96	96	NA	Chinese
	Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (sporadic)	22	22	22	ND	Turkish^§
Leukemias	CML	872	872	–-	872	Turkish^§
	CLL	39	39		39	Turkish^§
Childhood Cancers	Retinoblastoma (Sporadic )	46	46	46	ND	Turkish^§
Total		1365	1428	295	1134

* 42 Caucasian, 34 Hispanic, 2 Asian, 2 other, ^§Caucausian
NA; material not avaible, ND; not detected.