About the Authors

Cornelia Schuster

Affiliations Department of Oncology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, Section for Pathology, The Gade Institute, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Pathology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

Hans P. Eikesdal

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

Hanne Puntervoll

Affiliations Section for Pathology, The Gade Institute, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Pathology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

Jürgen Geisler

Affiliations Division of Clinical Medicine and Laboratory Sciences, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Department of Oncology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway

Stephanie Geisler

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

Daniel Heinrich

Affiliations Division of Clinical Medicine and Laboratory Sciences, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Department of Oncology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway

Anders Molven

Affiliations Section for Pathology, The Gade Institute, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Pathology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

Per E. Lønning

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

Lars A. Akslen

Affiliations Section for Pathology, The Gade Institute, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Pathology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

Oddbjørn Straume

oddbjorn.straume@helse-bergen.no

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

Competing Interests

As stated above, the project has received funding from a commercial source (Roche Norway). This includes support for running costs as well as a price reduction for the investigational drug. This study involves Bevacizumab, which is a Roche product. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OS LA PL. Performed the experiments: CS HE HP JG SG DH OS. Analyzed the data: CS HE HP AM PL LA OS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HP AM. Wrote the paper: CS HE HP JG SG DH AM PL LA OS.