This analysis revealed that 8p deletions were massively linked to PTEN deletions independently of the ERG status (P < 0.0001 each in subsets of ERG-positive and ERG-negative cancers), while the ERG status had no relevant further impact on the 8p deletion frequency, neither in cancers with normal PTEN copy numbers (P = 0.021) nor in cancers with PTEN deletion (P = 0.956). Here, PTEN is linked to cancer.