About the Authors
- Zsuzsanna Varga
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Affiliation Institute of Surgical Pathology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Joachim Diebold
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Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Cantonal Hospital Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland
- Corina Dommann-Scherrer
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Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Cantonal Hospital Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
- Harald Frick
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Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Cantonal Hospital Graubünden, Chur, Switzerland
- Daniela Kaup
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Affiliation Cantonal Institute of Pathology, Liestal Hospital, Liestal, Switzerland
- Aurelia Noske
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Affiliation Institute of Surgical Pathology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Ellen Obermann
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Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
- Christian Ohlschlegel
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Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
- Barbara Padberg
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Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Cantonal Hospital Graubünden, Chur, Switzerland
- Christiane Rakozy
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Affiliation Pathology Institute for Biopsy Diagnostics, Zurich, Switzerland
- Sara Sancho Oliver
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Affiliation Medical Laboratory, Pathology, Promed SA, Marly, Switzerland
- Sylviane Schobinger-Clement
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Affiliation Medical Laboratory, Pathology, Promed SA, Marly, Switzerland
- Heide Schreiber-Facklam
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Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Municipal Hospital Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
- Gad Singer
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Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Cantonal Hospital Baden, Baden, Switzerland
- Coya Tapia
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Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland
- Urs Wagner
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Affiliation Pathology, Unilabs Mittelland, Bern, Switzerland
- Mauro G. Mastropasqua
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Affiliation Division of Anatomic Pathology, European Institute of Oncology and University of Milan, Milano, Italy
- Giuseppe Viale
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Affiliation Division of Anatomic Pathology, European Institute of Oncology and University of Milan, Milano, Italy
- Hans-Anton Lehr
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* E-mail: Hans-Anton.Lehr@chuv.ch
Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
Competing Interests
The authors are employed either by university departments, cantonal hospitals ( = public sector) or by private pathology laboratories (Promed and Unilabs). However, this does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ZV JD CDS HF DK AN EO CO BP CR SSO SSC HSF GS CT UW MGM GV HAL. Performed the experiments: ZV JD CDS HF DK AN EO CO BP CR SSO SSC HSF GS CT UW MGM GV HAL. Analyzed the data: ZV HAL. Wrote the paper: ZV HAL.