About the Authors

Marta M. Alonso

mmalonso@unav.es (MMA) (MA); cmanzano@mdanderson.org (CG-M) (CG)

Affiliations Department of Neuro-oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Ricardo Diez-Valle

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Lorea Manterola

Affiliation Division of Oncology, BioDonostia Institute, San Sebastian, Spain

Angel Rubio

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Técnicas de Guipuzcoa (CEIT), San Sebastian, Spain

Dan Liu

Affiliation Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Nahir Cortes-Santiago

Affiliation Department of Neuro-oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Leire Urquiza

Affiliation Division of Oncology, Center for Applied Medical Research, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Patricia Jauregi

Affiliation Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Adolfo Lopez de Munain

Affiliation Division of Oncology, BioDonostia Institute, San Sebastian, Spain

Nicolás Sampron

Affiliation Division of Oncology, BioDonostia Institute, San Sebastian, Spain

Ander Aramburu

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Técnicas de Guipuzcoa (CEIT), San Sebastian, Spain

Sonia Tejada-Solís

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Carmen Vicente

Affiliation Division of Oncology, Center for Applied Medical Research, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

María D. Odero

Affiliation Division of Oncology, Center for Applied Medical Research, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Eva Bandrés

Affiliation Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Jesús García-Foncillas

Affiliation Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Miguel A. Idoate

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Frederick F. Lang

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Juan Fueyo

Affiliation Department of Neuro-oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Candelaria Gomez-Manzano

mmalonso@unav.es (MMA) (MA); cmanzano@mdanderson.org (CG-M) (CG)

Affiliation Department of Neuro-oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MMA JF RD-V LM CG-M MAI AR. Performed the experiments: MMA RD-V LM AR DL NC-S CV LU PJ. Analyzed the data: MMA RD-V LM AR AA CG-M JF MAI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ALdM NS AR AA ST-S MDO EB JG-F FFL. Wrote the paper: MMA CG-M.