Tests. Data tables by test.

Test	No. of studies	No. of participants
1 CISH (against FISH)	1	38
2 PCR‐based LOH (against FISH)	15	915
3 Real‐time PCR (against FISH)	2	40
4 MLPA (against FISH)	2	33
5 CGH (against FISH)	4	75
6 aCGH (against FISH)	3	39
7 SNP array (against FISH)	6	111
8 NGS (against FISH)	6	243
9 MS (against FISH)	1	10
10 NanoString (against FISH)	1	16
11 FISH (against PCR‐based LOH)	15	915
12 Real‐time PCR (against PCR‐based LOH)	1	10
13 MLPA (against PCR‐based LOH)	1	18
14 CGH (against PCR‐based LOH)	6	151
15 aCGH (against PCR‐based LOH)	4	57
16 SNP array (against PCR‐based LOH)	2	33
17 NGS (against PCR‐based LOH)	1	49
18 MS (against PCR‐based LOH)	1	50
19 G‐banding (against PCR‐based LOH)	1	21
20 CGH (against MLPA)	1	71
21 Methylation array (against MLPA)	1	99
22 G‐banding (against CGH)	3	75
23 G‐banding (against RFLP)	2	27