About the Authors

Françoise Ducimetière

ducimeti@lyon.fnclcc.fr

Affiliation Université de Lyon, Cancer Centre Leon Berard, EA 4129, Lyon, France

Antoine Lurkin

Affiliation Université de Lyon, Cancer Centre Leon Berard, EA 4129, Lyon, France

Dominique Ranchère-Vince

Affiliation Université de Lyon, Cancer Centre Leon Berard, Department of Pathology, Lyon, France

Anne-Valérie Decouvelaere

Affiliation Université de Lyon, Cancer Centre Leon Berard, Department of Pathology, Lyon, France

Michel Péoc'h

Affiliation Université de Saint-Etienne, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Department of Pathology, Saint-Etienne, France

Luc Istier

Affiliation Laboratory of Pathology, Pringy, France

Philippe Chalabreysse

Affiliation Laboratory of Pathology, Cypath, Lyon, France

Christine Muller

Affiliation Laboratory of Pathology, Grenoble, France

Laurent Alberti

Affiliation Université de Lyon, Cancer Centre Leon Berard, INSERM U590, Lyon, France

Pierre-Paul Bringuier

Affiliation Université de Lyon, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Department of Pathology, Lyon, France

Jean-Yves Scoazec

Affiliation Université de Lyon, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Department of Pathology, Lyon, France

Anne-Marie Schott

Affiliation Université de Lyon, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Pôle IMER, Lyon, France

Christophe Bergeron

Affiliation Institut d'Hématologie et d'Oncologie Pédiatrique, Department of Paediatrics, Lyon, France

Dominic Cellier

Affiliation Merck Serono, Scientific Relation, Lyon, France

Jean-Yves Blay

Affiliation Université de Lyon, Cancer Centre Leon Berard, INSERM U590, Lyon, France

Isabelle Ray-Coquard

Affiliation Université de Lyon, Cancer Centre Leon Berard, EA 4129, Lyon, France

Competing Interests

The authors would like to specify that Dr. Dominic Cellier is the scientific relationship director of Merck-Serono. Merck-Serono provides financial support. The authors confirm that this does not alter their adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DR-V DC J-YB IRC. Performed the experiments: FD AL DR-V A-VD MP LI PC CM LA P-PB J-YS. Analyzed the data: FD AL DR-V A-VD A-MS CB J-YB IR-C. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DR-V A-VD MP LI PC CM LA P-PB J-YS. Wrote the paper: FD AL DR-V A-VD J-YB IR-C.