Whilst the focus of biomarker studies over the last decade or so has primarily been placed on the use of individual molecular biomarkers as indicators of disease, this approach has only proved successful for a limited number of diseases including prostate and breast cancer where measurements of prostate specific antigen (PSA) and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) respectively are routinely used in diagnostic procedures [119, 120]. The gene discussed is ERBB2; the disease is breast carcinoma.