To determine the influence of the empirically chosen thresholds of the aCGH quality (profile-quality score), the minimal tumor percentage required for inclusion, and the influence of the previously determined thresholds defining the BRCA-likeCGH score (that is the threshold of the BRCA1-likeCGH and BRCA2-likeCGH patterns [17,18]), we varied the cutoffs around these thresholds and evaluated the influence of these changes on survival analyses. Here, BRCA1 is linked to neoplasm.