Although SDC shares histological similarities with invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast, it typically shows an apocrine phenotype, which differs from the immunophenotypes (estrogen receptor [ER] + and/or progesterone receptor [PgR]+) of breast cancer; the majority of SDC cases were immunohistochemically negative for ER and/or PgR, but variably positive for the androgen receptor (AR) and gross cystic disease fluid protein‐15.1, 3. This evidence concerns the gene ESR1 and breast cancer.