Table 1.
FFPE Samples used in the study
| Institution | Tumor sample type | Age range of Blocks (years) | Number of FFPE tumors | Number of FFPE normals | Other features |
| MD Anderson set 1 | Breast cancer | < 3 | 8 | 9 | |
| MD Anderson set 2 | Breast cancer | 5 – 22 | 27 | 18 | |
| UCSF | Liver metastases from colorectal | 5 – 28 | 9 | 9 | Matching frozen tumors and normals available |
| Dana Farber | Invasive breast cancer | 5 – 6 | 6 | 13 | Microdissected |
| CRUK | Colorectal | 0.5 – 5 | 17 | 16 | Matching frozen tumors available; macrodissected |
| CHTN | Bladder, colorectal, kidney, liver | 1 – 3 | 13 | 15 | Matching frozen tumors and normals available |
| Leader | Kidney | 3 – 4 | 13 | 12 | |