Table 4.
Results of methylation-specific PCR
| Lobular | Ductal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | U | M | U | M | Results |
| 1 | a | n | n | n | |
| 2 | a | n | a | n | homozygote |
| 3 | a | n | a | n | homozygote |
| 4 | a | n | a | n | homozygote |
| 5 | a | n | a | n | homozygote |
| 6 | a | n | a | n | homozygote |
| 7 | n | n | a | n | |
| 8 | a | n | a | n | homozygote |
| 9 | a | n | a | n | homozygote |
| 10 | a | n | n | n | |
| 11 | n | n | a | n | |
| 12 | n | n | a | n | |
| 13 | a | n | a | n | homozygote |
| 14 | a | n | a | n | homozygote |
| 15 | a | n | n | n | |
a, amplified; M, PCR used with methylated primer; n, not amplified; U, PCR used with unmethylated primer.