About the Authors

Michail Ignatiadis

Michail.Ignatiadis@bordet.be

Affiliations Department of Medical Oncology, Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium, Breast Cancer Translational Research Laboratory, Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium

Françoise Rothé

Affiliation Breast Cancer Translational Research Laboratory, Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium

Carole Chaboteaux

Affiliation Breast Cancer Translational Research Laboratory, Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium

Virginie Durbecq

Affiliation Breast Cancer Translational Research Laboratory, Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium

Ghizlane Rouas

Affiliation Breast Cancer Translational Research Laboratory, Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium

Carmen Criscitiello

Affiliation Breast Cancer Translational Research Laboratory, Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium

Jessica Metallo

Affiliation Breast Cancer Translational Research Laboratory, Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium

Naima Kheddoumi

Affiliation Breast Cancer Translational Research Laboratory, Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium

Sandeep K. Singhal

Affiliation Breast Cancer Translational Research Laboratory, Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium

Stefan Michiels

Affiliation Breast Cancer Translational Research Laboratory, Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium

Isabelle Veys

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology and Gynecology, Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium

José Rossari

Affiliation Breast Cancer Translational Research Laboratory, Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium

Denis Larsimont

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium

Birgit Carly

Affiliation Department of Gynecology, Hôpital St Pierre, Brussels, Belgium

Marta Pestrin

Affiliation Translational Research Unit, Hospital of Prato, Prato, Italy

Silvia Bessi

Affiliation Translational Research Unit, Hospital of Prato, Prato, Italy

Frédéric Buxant

Affiliation Department of Gynecology, Hôpital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium

Fabienne Liebens

Affiliation Department of Gynecology, Hôpital St Pierre, Brussels, Belgium

Martine Piccart

Affiliations Department of Medical Oncology, Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium, Breast Cancer Translational Research Laboratory, Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium

Christos Sotiriou

Affiliations Department of Medical Oncology, Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium, Breast Cancer Translational Research Laboratory, Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MI CS. Performed the experiments: FR C. Chaboteaux VD GR JM. Analyzed the data: MI SS SM CS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MI FR C. Chaboteaux VD GR C. Criscitiello JM NK SS SM IV JR DL BC MP SB FB FL MP CS. Wrote the paper: MI.