Breast cancer, the most frequent spontaneous malignancy diagnosed in women in the
western world, is continuously increasing in incidence in industrialized nations. Although
breast cancer develops in women as the result of a combination of external and
endogenous factors such as exposure to ionizing radiation, diet, socioeconomic status, and
endocrinologic, familial, or genetic factors, no specific etiologic agent (s) or the mechanisms
responsible of the disease has been identified as yet. Thus, experimental models that exhibit …