About the Authors

Manuela Polidoro Lima

Affiliation Pio XII Foundation—Cancer Hospital of Barretos, Barretos, Brazil

Adhemar Longatto-Filho

Affiliations Pio XII Foundation—Cancer Hospital of Barretos, Barretos, Brazil, Laboratory of Medical Investigation (LIM-14), School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3B’s—PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal

Flávia L. Osório

flaliosorio@ig.com.br

Affiliations Pio XII Foundation—Cancer Hospital of Barretos, Barretos, Brazil, São Paulo University, Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FLO MPL. Performed the experiments: MPL. Analyzed the data: MPL FLO. Wrote the paper: FLO MPL ALF.