CD117 has been found to be associated with the basal-like phenotype, but had no additive value in identifying these tumors by immunohistochemistry when EGFR or CK5 expression was present [5]; as this phenotype has great overlap with TNBCs, CD117 expression is likely to reflect the basal-like nature of the tumor, and this may also explain the lack of significance in multivariate analysis. The gene discussed is EGFR; the disease is neoplasm.