Table 1.

Selected somatic mtDNA mutation frequencies in cancers.

Cancer	Somatic Mutation Frequency (%)
Skin	16–75
Head and neck	49–78
Thyroid	23–100
Breast	30–93
Lung	43–79
Esophageal	5–55
Gastric	18–81
Colorectal	16–70
Pancreatic	16–92
Liver	40–68
Renal	27–79
Urinary Bladder	64–100
Prostate	19–88
Ovarian	20–80
Endometrial	9–63
Cervical	38–90
Nervous system	<35
Hematological	30–50
Connective tissue	<70

Summary of selected somatic mtDNA mutation frequencies across numerous cancers.