The aims of the present study were the following: first, to evaluate the immunohistochemistry expression of PDGFR-α and PDGF-A in a series of invasive ductal breast carcinomas; second, to correlate the PDGFR-α expression with prognostic factors in breast cancer; and third, to screen for PDGFR-α gene-activating mutations in breast cancer. Here, PDGFRA is linked to invasive ductal breast carcinoma.