About the Authors

Linh T. Nguyen

Affiliation Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research, Ontario Cancer Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Pei Hua Yen

Affiliation Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research, Ontario Cancer Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Jessica Nie

Affiliation Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research, Ontario Cancer Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Nicole Liadis

Affiliation Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research, Ontario Cancer Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Danny Ghazarian

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Ayman Al-Habeeb

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Alexandra Easson

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Wey Leong

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Joan Lipa

Current address: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

David McCready

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Michael Reedijk

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

David Hogg

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology/Hematology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Anthony M. Joshua

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology/Hematology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Ian Quirt

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology/Hematology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Hans Messner

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology/Hematology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Patricia Shaw

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Michael Crump

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology/Hematology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Eran Sharon

Current address: Departments of Surgery A, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Pamela S. Ohashi

pohashi@uhnres.utoronto.ca

Affiliations Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research, Ontario Cancer Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, Departments of Medical Biophysics and Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LTN DG DH AMJ IQ HM PSO. Performed the experiments: LTN PHY JN NL AE WL JL DM MR. Analyzed the data: LTN PHY JN NL DG AAH ES. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AE WL JL DM MR DH AMJ IQ HM PAS MC ES. Wrote the paper: LTN PSO.