TABLE 2 Comparison of FISH and CGH Analysis

Case No.	FISH Analysis			CGH Analysis
	Her-2/neu Average Signals/Cell	Centromere 17 Average Signals/Cell	Her-2/neu Amplification	DNA Amplification on 17q
20 CA	4.67	3.29	Polysomy	+17
20 LN	2.29	1.74	No amplification	No change
21 CA	6.87	3.09	Amplification	+17q
21 LN	4.02	3.89	Polysomy	+17
23 CA	1.26	0.93	No amplification	No change
23 LN	2.75	2.28	Polysomy	+17
25 CA	Clusters^a	4.73	Amplification	+17/+17q11-q23^b
25 LN1	Clusters^a	3.85	Amplification	+17q
25 LN2	Clusters^a	4.92	Amplification	+17q
26 CA	Clusters^a	3.96	Amplification	+17q11-q23
26 LN	Clusters^a	4.40	Amplification	+17q11-q23
4 CA	5.64	2.74	Amplification	+17q
13 CA	Clusters^a	4.93	Amplification	+17q11-q24^b

FISH, fluorescence in situ hybridization; CGH, comparative genomic hybridization.
^aThe precise number of signals could not be counted, but clusters were usually composed of more than 10 signals.
^bDNA copy number changes that exceeded the ratio of the fluorescence the value of 1.5.

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