Table 2. Mutations found in the mtDNA of 6 selected tumors.

Patient Number	mtDNA-Position	Mutation	Comment
4	7080	T → C	association with prostate cancer [43] polymorphism in haplogroups U [44] and M12b [45]
5	524	C → CAC	found in haplogroups [45, 46]
12	4258	A → G	found in haplogroup M37 [20]
14	15045	G → A	found in haplogroup I1b [20]
15	5538	G → A	associated with late-onset encephalomyopathy [47]
	5628	T → C	CPEO / DEAF enhancer [48, 49] probably a neutral polymorphism [50] found in haplogroup L3e [20]