Our studies showing that fatty acid transports such as CD36 and fatty acid transport protein-1 (FATP1) are primarily detected in most breast cancer tissues located adjacent to the adipose tissues support this idea; in contrast, the expression of fatty acid transports was elevated in adipocytes that were co-cultivated with breast cancer cells compared to the expression in adipocytes cultivated alone. The gene discussed is CD36; the disease is breast carcinoma.