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There was no family history of breast cancer.
The cells are poorly differentiated.
The cells are negative for expression of Her2-neu and for expression of p53.
HCC1806 is positive for the epithelial cell specific marker Epithelial Glycoprotein 2 (EGP2) and for cytokeratin 19.
The cells are homozygous for deletions in the FHIT gene at 3p14.2.
Ahmadian M, et al. Analysis of the FHIT gene and FRA3B region in sporadic breast cancer, preneoplastic lesions, and familial breast cancer probands. Cancer Res. 57: 3664-3668, 1997. PubMed: 9288768
Gazdar AF, et al. Characterization of paired tumor and non-tumor cell lines established from patients with breast cancer. Int. J. Cancer 78: 766-774, 1998. PubMed: 9833771
