<p>CIN+ was indicated by the presence of LOH. This was scored for overall CIN+ if a cancer had 1 of the 12 markers showing greater than 40% loss in intensity of one allele compared to its paired normal. CIN- was assigned if 40% (5 of 12) markers were informative and none of these showed LOH. For individual regions, CIN+ was scored if 1 marker showed LOH, and CIN- if 2of the 3 markers were informative and neither had LOH. CIMP high was scored if 3 of the 5 markers were positive for methylation.</p>*<p>CIN and corresponding <i>p53</i> mutational status was analysed using CIN data at the 5q, 8p and 18q loci only.</p