The expression of key markers associated with proliferation (MKI67, PCNA, CCNB1, MYBL2, BUB1, CCND1), apoptosis (BCL2, CASP7, CASP8, CASP9, CASP3, BAX, APAF1), differentiation (CDH1, CD24, EPCAM, ESR1, NGFR, RUNX1), and breast cancer stemness (CD44, ITGA6, DNER, ALDH1A3, ABCG2, PROCR) was assessed. This evidence concerns the gene CD44 and breast cancer.