The preferential gain of 13q regions in non responders is of particular interest because of the relevance of a number of genes located within these regions, e.g. Wave3, which contributes to tumor cell invasion and metastasis [36]; XPO4, an exportin that plays a primary role in the nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of Smad3 [37]; and APC6/CDC16, a subunit of the anaphase-promoting complex in which amplification and overexpression may lead to chromosomal instability [38]. This evidence concerns the gene WASF3 and neoplasm.