ERBB2 and cancer: This transgenic model was induced by expressing the r-neuT oncogene driven by MMTV-LTR promoter in BALB/c mice; it underwent transformation from atypical hyperplasia to DCIS, became invasive, and subsequently metastasized.239 By using this model, Hosseini et al. found that nearly 80% of metastatic lesions had developed by dissemination from very early lesions (DCIS) rather than those in later stages.240 Similarly, Harper et al. found early disseminated cancer cells to be associated with HER2 upregulation on using MMTV-neu mice.241