“…They can be inherited. However, they are in most cases of sporadic occurrence, representing about 15% of cases of colon cancer, stomach, pancreas or endometrial cancer (Borie et al, 2004). Previous MSI reports on sporadic breast cancers are probably incompatible with some studies which have noted an absence or scarcity of microsatellite instability in breast tumors (Hye-Jung et al, 1993;Peltomaki et al, 1993;Wooster et al, 1994), while others studies have reported a remarkably high frequency of MSI in breast cancer (Kim et al, 1994;Yee et al, 1994;Aldaz et al, 1995;Contegiacomo et al, 1995;Karnik et al, 1995;Shaw et al, 1996;Toyama et al, 1996;Toyama et al, 1996b;Paulson et al, 1996;Sourvinos et al, 1997).…”