About the Authors

Gaia Schiavon

g.schiavon@erasmusmc.nl

Affiliations Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus University Medical Center - Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Breast Unit, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Alessandro Ruggiero

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Patrick Schöffski

Affiliation Department of General Medical Oncology, University Hospitals Leuven, Catholic University Leuven, Leuven Cancer Institute, Leuven, Belgium

Bronno van der Holt

Affiliation Department of Trials and Statistics, Erasmus University Medical Center - Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Dave J. Bekers

Affiliation TNO Technical Sciences, The Hague, The Netherlands

Karel Eechoute

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus University Medical Center - Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Vincent Vandecaveye

Affiliation Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Gabriel P. Krestin

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Jaap Verweij

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus University Medical Center - Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Stefan Sleijfer

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus University Medical Center - Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Ron H. J. Mathijssen

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus University Medical Center - Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

Gabriel P. Krestin has served as a consultant or has been on the Advisory Board for GEHC-Europe, and has received research funding from Siemens AG. The other co-authors have declared that no competing interests exist. 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: GS AR GPK JV SS RHM. Performed the experiments: GS AR. Analyzed the data: GS AR PS BVDH DJB KE VV JV SS RHM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GS AR PS KE BVDH. Wrote the paper: GS AR PS BVDH DJB KE VV GPK JV SS RHM.