Tumor cells expressing nestin were found most frequently in cervical carcinoma (100%),28 followed by lung carcinoma (86.5%),12 gliomas (82.4%),15 prostate cancer (75%),29 pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (30%),14 breast carcinoma (27.33%),11 nasopharyngeal carcinoma (2%),26 and the lowest being 0% in colorectal carcinoma.30 This evidence concerns the gene NES and breast carcinoma.