About the Authors

Vânia Sammartino Mariano

Contributed equally to this work with: Vânia Sammartino Mariano, Adriana Tarlá Lorenzi

Affiliation Molecular Oncology Research Center, Barretos Cancer Hospital/Pio XII Foundation, Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Adriana Tarlá Lorenzi

Contributed equally to this work with: Vânia Sammartino Mariano, Adriana Tarlá Lorenzi

Affiliation Molecular Oncology Research Center, Barretos Cancer Hospital/Pio XII Foundation, Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Cristovam Scapulatempo-Neto

Affiliation Pathology Department, Barretos Cancer Hospital/Pio XII Foundation, Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Maíra Degiovani Stein

Affiliation Pathology Department, Barretos Cancer Hospital/Pio XII Foundation, Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Julio Cesar Possati Resende

Affiliation Cancer Prevention Department, Barretos Cancer Hospital/Pio XII Foundation, Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Márcio Antoniazzi

Affiliation Cancer Prevention Department, Barretos Cancer Hospital/Pio XII Foundation, Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Luisa Lina Villa

Affiliation Department of Radiology and Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

José Eduardo Levi

Affiliation Virology Laboratory, LIM 52.The Institute of Tropical Medicine of the University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Adhemar Longatto-Filho

Affiliations Molecular Oncology Research Center, Barretos Cancer Hospital/Pio XII Foundation, Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Laboratory of Medical Research Laboratory, LIM 14.Department of Pathology, Faculty 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/Guimaraes, Portugal

José Humberto Tavares Guerreiro Fregnani

mdfregnani@terra.com.br

Affiliation Molecular Oncology Research Center, Barretos Cancer Hospital/Pio XII Foundation, Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The senior author (JHF) performed all analyses and states that the company did not interfere in the analyses or interpretation of the data or manuscript writing. The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: ATL CSN MDS JCPR MA LLV JEL ALF JHTGF. Data curation: VSM JHTGF. Formal analysis: VSM JHTGF. Investigation: VSM ATL MDS JCPR MA. Methodology: VSM ATL CSN MDS JCPR MA LLV JEL ALF JHTGF. Project administration: JHTGF. Supervision: JHTGF. Writing – original draft: VSM ATL LLV ALF JHTGF. Writing – review & editing: VSM ATL CSN MDS JCPR MA LLV JEL ALF JHTGF.