Notwithstanding the existence of several breast cancer chemotherapeutics, such as doxorubicine, paclitaxel, or selective estrogen modulators (e.g. tamoxifen or raloxifene), the latter remain highly ineffective in treating triple negative breast cancers (TNBC), which are devoid of estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2/neu). The gene discussed is ERBB2; the disease is breast carcinoma.