Because most deletions are markedly more frequent in either ERG positive (such as 3p14, 8p21, PTEN, 12p13, 16q24, 17p13) or ERG negative (5q13, 5q21, 6q15, 13q14) cancers [25,[27], [28], [29], [30], [31], [32], [33], [34], [35], [36]] and MTAP was also associated with the ERG status, the relationship between MTAP and specific deletions was separately analyzed in ERG positive and ERG negative cancers. This evidence concerns the gene PTEN and cancer.