About the Authors
- Michèl Schummer
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* E-mail: mschumme@fhcrc.org
Affiliation Molecular Diagnostics Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Ann Green
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Affiliation Molecular Diagnostics Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- J. David Beatty
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Affiliation Breast Surgical Clinic, Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Beth Y. Karlan
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Affiliation Women's Cancer Research Institute at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Scott Karlan
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Affiliation Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Jenny Gross
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Affiliation Women's Cancer Research Institute at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Sean Thornton
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Affiliation Cellnetix Pathology and Laboratories, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Martin McIntosh
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Affiliation Molecular Diagnostics Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Nicole Urban
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Affiliation Molecular Diagnostics Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Competing Interests
Dr. Sean Thornton is participating in this research without monetary remuneration. The specimens from which the sample tissues are collectd are those for which his company, Cellnetix, is contracted indirectly to Swedish Medical Center to evaluate for clinical (medical) reasons for direct patient treatment. His company is paid for their usual patient care roles through normal (i.e., insurance and other payer) channels. No funding of the research comes from Cellnetix, Swedish Hospital or from private persons. His only compensation was through his usual and customary salary at Cellnetix. Cellnetix has no competing products, is not engaged in product development, or patenting any technology relating to this research. This does therefore not alter the author's adherence to all the PLoS policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MS NDU. Performed the experiments: AG JG. Analyzed the data: MS AG MWM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JDB BYK SK JG ST. Wrote the paper: MS JDB BYK SK MWM NDU.