Therefore, while MMTV-Luc2 mice appear relevant for imaging of other MMTV-driven oncogenic model systems, as exemplified by the MMTVPyVT model in this work, the applicability of MMTV-Luc2 imaging in basal-type breast cancer models (such as BRCA1-knockout mice [28]) is yet to be studied. Here, BRCA1 is linked to breast carcinoma.