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All samples were DNase-treated to remove contaminating DNA and the yield was measured spectrophotometrically.
Due to the potential of contaminating the tumor tissue sample with normal stroma, allele loss in informative patients was defined as a >50% decrease in the ratio of the polymorphic band intensities in the tumor tissue versus that in the surrounding normal stromal tissue; this was quantified using a densitometer.
This is significantly higher than the 21% frequency originally reported using non-microdissected IDC samples [ 1], suggesting that allelic deletion events may have been masked by contaminating normal stroma in earlier studies.
The use of sterile, disposable pipets will eliminate the need for pipet washing and minimize the possibility of contaminating the cultures with toxic substances.
The frequency reported in the present study (63%) is significantly higher than the original reported frequency of 21% [ 1] and most probably reflects the superior separation of tumor cells from normal contaminating tissue using a microdissection protocol.