About the Authors

Andrea J. Savio

Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Mathieu Lemire

Affiliation Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Miralem Mrkonjic

Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Steven Gallinger

Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Ontario Familial Colorectal Cancer Registry, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Brent W. Zanke

Affiliation Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Thomas J. Hudson

Affiliation Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Bharati Bapat

BAPAT@lunenfeld.ca

Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Pathology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SG BWZ TJH BB. Performed the experiments: AS ML MM. Analyzed the data: AS ML MM TJH BB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SG. Wrote the paper: AS ML MM BWZ TJH BB.