ERBB2 and breast carcinoma: Breast cancer is the most common malignant tumor in women and a heterogeneous disease that has been demonstrated to be divided into five major biologically distinct intrinsic subtypes based on gene expression profiling, i.e. luminal A, luminal B, human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2) overexpressing, basal-like, and normal-like 1-3.