Gold nanoparticles have been used as a micro-CT contrast agent for the targeting of multiple tumor markers, including Her2 (Hainfeld et al., 2011), the gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) receptor (Chanda et al., 2010), the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) (Reuveni et al., 2011b), the folic acid receptor (FAR) (Wang et al., 2013), and tumor microcalcifications (Cole et al., 2014). This evidence concerns the gene ERBB2 and neoplasm.