Figure 1

Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) and microsatellite instability (MSI) occurrence. (a) The clinical course of one of the studied patients who received three cycles of neoadjuvant paclitaxel (P) followed by four cycles of neoadjuvant doxorubicin with cyclophosphamide (AC) before surgery (Sx) and radiation therapy (Rxt). Each star below the straight line indicates a blood sample collection (time intervals between collections are not to scale). (b) Single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) gels for two MSI markers PCR15.1 and ALU from the patient represented in panel a, showing the occurrence of LOH and MSI (black arrows). Each lane corresponds to one of the blood samples collected from this patient. Note that MSI disappears whereas LOH persists.