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Despite significant advances in early diagnosis and treatment, breast cancer remains one of the leading causes of cancer related deaths in women in Saskatchewan, Canada.Numerous studies in breast cancer research have focused on the epithelial cell with a traditional model of multistep breast carcinogenesis.However, it is increasingly recognized that the epithelial-stromal interactions comprising the host microenvironment plays an important role in normal mammary development and in neoplastic transformation.