About the Authors
- Anne Hansen Ree
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* E-mail: a.h.ree@medisin.uio.no
Affiliations Department of Oncology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Marie Grøn Saelen
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Affiliations Department of Tumor Biology, Oslo University Hospital – Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Erta Kalanxhi
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Affiliation Department of Oncology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
- Ingrid H. G. Østensen
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Affiliation Department of Genes and Environment, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- Kristina Schee
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Affiliation Department of Tumor Biology, Oslo University Hospital – Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Kathrine Røe
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Affiliation Department of Oncology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
- Torveig Weum Abrahamsen
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Affiliation Department of Tumor Biology, Oslo University Hospital – Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Svein Dueland
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Affiliation Department of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital – Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Kjersti Flatmark
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Affiliations Department of Tumor Biology, Oslo University Hospital – Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Oslo University Hospital – Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Competing Interests
This work was supported by MSD (Norge) AS, the Norway branch of Merck & Co., Inc., directed at overheads associated with the study. Moreover, this does not alter our adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AHR SD KF. Performed the experiments: AHR MGS EK IHGØ KS KR TWA KF. Analyzed the data: AHR MGS EK KR KF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AHR MGS EK IHGØ KS KR TWA KF. Wrote the paper: AHR. Managed patients, databases, and tissue banking: AHR MGS SD KF.