The genes selected included epithelial (KRT5, CDH1, EpCAM), mensenchymal (VIM, SNAI1, TWIST), stem (ALDH1A1, PROM1), breast specific (ESR1, PALB2) and other genes related to cell cycle or other cancer pathways (CCND1, CTNNB1, Ki67, etc.). This evidence concerns the gene SNAI1 and cancer.